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Prima edizione / First edition - Volume rilegato in piena tela editoriale grigio-celeste con sovraccoperta, 686 pagine interamente illustrate a colori, anche a piena e doppia pagina. Testo in inglese / English text. Prefazione di / Foreword by Françoise Cachin. Una gora al piede del dorso in tela, peraltro copia in ottime condizioni -- Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas: everyone's favorite painters are represented by masterpieces in the Musée d'Orsay. Works by the much-loved Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec are here as well in this stunning new museum of art from 1848 to 1914, "the most glorious and comprehensive compilation of French painting in the world," according to author Robert Rosenblum. Though Impressionism is the most remembered nineteenth-century style, in fact a rich diversity of painting flourished at the time. The Musée d'Orsay is the first museum to gather together that diversity - Modernist and Academic, favorite and forgotten. In writing and organizing Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay, Robert Rosenblum gracefully places the masterpieces in the spotlight without forcing other paintings into their shadow. Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay first sets the scene with Academic art, letting us see painters such as Bouguereau and Cabanel, long ignored but now of interest to a growing audience. The Realist collection next surprises us with, among other treasures, Whistler's Mother: that unforgettable American icon is in Paris, at Orsay! The great Impressionist masters are then presented, the heart of the Orsay collection and this book. Stunning reproductions of Renoir's Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, Monet's Women in the Garden, Morisot's The Cradle, and Van Gogh's The Church of Auvers-sur-Oise, among many others, fill the pages. Impressionist work from Canadian and Australian artists is included, too. In the book's later paintings, Symbolist artists from Gauguin to Redon, Carriere, and Henry Ossawa Tanner strive, through emotion and nuance, to suggest otherworldliness while their colleagues begin clearly to point to the very real new world of the twentieth century. Robert Rosenblum has infused his ninety-six essays with the enthusiasm he feels for this ambitious and very popular new collection. Whether the subject is Couture or Courbet, Bonnat or Bonnard, Professor Rosenblum's writing is a brilliant beacon that draws our attention to details, underlying themes, and unexpected connections between the innovators and their artistic companions. Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay, with its 827 paintings and 22 large details, is the only book of this size and scope on this magnificent collection. With some of the most beautiful and accessible art of all time between its covers, the book holds pages of surprises and lasting pleasures for anyone who loves art.