Corot in Italy - Open-Air Painting & The Classical Landscape Tradition (Paper)

Peter Galassi

Paperback (01 Feb 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A critical study of Corot's Italian landscapes which also looks at the significance of early outdoor painting in Italy and shows how Corot's work marks the culmination of the Neoclassical tradition. Galassi shows how Corot's works point both forward to Impressionism and back to the past.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300067101
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	01 Feb 1996
Language:	English
Number of pages:	268
Weight:	1300g
Height:	285mm
Width:	245mm
Spine width:	21mm