About this book
John House examines the many facets of the work and what it reveals about Renoir as a man and artist. He asks, "What did it mean to paint a picture like La Promenade in France in 1870, in the final months of Napoleon III's Second Empire?" The reader is invited to look at the canvas - and Impressionism - as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to contemporary social norms.
Subjects
Criticism and interpretationImpressionism (Art)J. Paul Getty MuseumRenoir, auguste, 1841-1919Critique et interprétationImpressionnisme (Art)La promenade (Renoir)