Painting light : the hidden techniques of the impressionists
/ Iris Schaefer
- Milano : Skira , 2008
- 238 p. : illus. ; 28 cm
Catalog of an itinerant exhibition held at the Wallraf- Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Germany, Feb. 29-June 22, 2008, and at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, July 11-Sept. 28, 2008
Foreword / Andreas Blühm, James M. Bradburne, What is an impression?, What did the Impressionists paint with?, Inside or outside?, Spontaneous or strategic? ,When was a painting complete?, How do we see the paintings today?, Appendix. Glossary ; Works in the exhibition
Uses modern technology to explore the techniques used by Impressionist and Postimpressionist artists, discover the quality of light in their paintings, and analyze the conditions present when the paintings were created.