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- catalog abstract ""The Joy of Life investigates the significance of the idyllic in French painting from the early 1890s to World War I, considering a fascinating series of pastoral, mythic, and utopian landscapes. Responding to rapid artistic and social shifts in this period, French artists shaped a dreamlike imagery of mythic community, individual fantasy, and sensual joie de vivre in the midst of mass society. This illustrated study focuses on three exemplary imaginings of idyll: Puvis de Chavannes's decoration for the Paris Hotel de Ville, L'ete, of 1891, Paul Signac's anarchist Au temps d'harmonie of 1895, and Henri Matisse's fauve Bonheur de vivre of 1905-6, each a monumental and ambitious work exhibited publicly in Paris." "Werth weaves together complex analyses of these paintings and others by Manet, Gauguin, Seurat, Cezanne, and less well known artists with a consideration of their critical reception, literary parallels, and the social and cultural milieu. She moves from artistic concerns with tradition and avant-gardism, decoration and social art, composition and figuration to contemporary debates over human origins and social organization."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Idyllic in French art, circa 1900".
- catalog contributor b12623902.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The Joy of Life investigates the significance of the idyllic in French painting from the early 1890s to World War I, considering a fascinating series of pastoral, mythic, and utopian landscapes. Responding to rapid artistic and social shifts in this period, French artists shaped a dreamlike imagery of mythic community, individual fantasy, and sensual joie de vivre in the midst of mass society. This illustrated study focuses on three exemplary imaginings of idyll: Puvis de Chavannes's decoration for the Paris Hotel de Ville, L'ete, of 1891, Paul Signac's anarchist Au temps d'harmonie of 1895, and Henri Matisse's fauve Bonheur de vivre of 1905-6, each a monumental and ambitious work exhibited publicly in Paris."".
- catalog description ""Werth weaves together complex analyses of these paintings and others by Manet, Gauguin, Seurat, Cezanne, and less well known artists with a consideration of their critical reception, literary parallels, and the social and cultural milieu. She moves from artistic concerns with tradition and avant-gardism, decoration and social art, composition and figuration to contemporary debates over human origins and social organization."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-317) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 330 p., [12] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0520221826 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "759.4/09034 21".
- catalog subject "ND547 .W397 2002".
- catalog subject "Painting, French 19th century Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "Painting, French 20th century Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "Pastoral art France.".
- catalog subject "Utopias in art.".
- catalog title "Idyllic in French art, circa 1900".
- catalog title "The joy of life : the idyllic in French art, circa 1900 / Margaret Werth.".
- catalog type "text".