“Impression” still gives us Impressionism as a Mirror of Modernity, but it does so through the experience of a few skilled manual workers, the artists themselves. No one at the time did more to change ...

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JOHN HOUSE Impressionism: Paint and Politics New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. 256 pp.; 63 color ills., 117 b/w. $50.00 JOACHIM PISSARRO Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne and Pissarro, ...

At 7:35 a.m. on November 13, 1872, Claude Monet started what has since become known as Impressionism. At least, that’s what a team of scientists led by Donald Olson of Texas State University have ...

Why is Impressionist painting so popular? The answer may lie in the brain’s early warning system – and what happens when consciousness dims The Impressionist movement arguably produced some of our ...

Faux finishes have come a long way from pickling and sponge painting the walls. Offerings now range from imitation leather to Venetian plaster, and techniques such as glazing, faux marble, damask and ...

Astronomical clues could pinpoint the day Claude Monet painted "Impression, Soleil Levant (Impression, Sunrise)," the art piece that lent its name to the Impressionist art movement. Based on the ...