Birth of Impressionism : masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay / project curated by Guy Cogeval, Stéphane Guégan, and Alice Thomine-Berrada ; additional contributions by Krista Brugnara [and others].

Format Book
Publication Info[San Francisco] : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel Pub. ; [Paris, France] : Musée d'Orsay, 2010.
Description255 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Subjects
Musée d'Orsay--Exhibitions.
Impressionism (Art)--France. --Exhibitions.
Painting, French--19th century. --Exhibitions.
Painting--France. --Paris. --Exhibitions.
Art and society--France. --History. --19th century.

Other author/creatorGuégan, Stéphane.
Other author/creatorThomine-Berrada, Alice.
Other author/creatorBrugnara, Krista.
Other author/creatorM.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
Other author/creatorFrist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.)
Portion of title Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Contents Diversity and discontent in nineteenth-century French painting -- Manet on view -- Impressionism and the new painting -- "Secret affinities": the new painting and rationalist architecture in nineteenth-century Paris.
General notePublished on the occasion of an exhibition held at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, May 22-Sept. 6, 2010 and at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Oct. 15, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010004629
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