ABSTRACT
An original interpretation of Impressionism and nineteenth-century art and culture by a noted feminist art historian. This book is a pioneering reading of Impressionism from a feminist perspective by a noted art historian. Norma Broude analyzes the philosophical underpinnings of landscape painting in the late nineteenth century discussing the crit
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|93 pages
Impressionism and Romanticism
part II|34 pages
Impressionism and Science
chapter Chapter 4|4 pages
"Romantic" versus "Normal Science" in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
chapter Chapter 6|20 pages
The Optical as a Path to the Personal: The Writings of Duranty, Martelli, and Laforgue
part III|46 pages
The Gendering of Impressionism