The Pont-Aven school : cradle of the modern sensibility /
Pont-Aven has lent its name to one of the most famous schools of painting in modern art and is now automatically associated with Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard. In 1888, in this Breton village in southern Finistère, the two painters set about inventing the features of a completely new style of paint...
| Uniform Title: | École de Pont-Aven. |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: L'École de Pont-Aven: berceau de la modernité. |
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Milan :
5 Continents,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Pont-Aven has lent its name to one of the most famous schools of painting in modern art and is now automatically associated with Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard. In 1888, in this Breton village in southern Finistère, the two painters set about inventing the features of a completely new style of painting: Synthetism. Breaking with academic orthodoxy and heavily influenced by Japanese prints, they introduced novel aesthetic principles distinguished especially by a belief in simple forms and the use of color applied in large patches edged by a dark line. This approach further distanced itself from the art that preceded it in its taste for matt tones and the rejection of traditional perspective. This new book reveals to a wider public the important collection that Alexandre Mouradian amassed in only a few years. |
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| Physical Description: | 75 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical refereences (pages 73-74). |
| ISBN: | 9788874398171 8874398174 |