La serie de arte de Taschen son libros de magníficas reproducciones y textos inteligentes con precios sin competencia. Este se trata de Monet.

Strokes of genius: the magic of Monet... Claude Monet (1840–1926) was both the most typical and the most individual painter associated with the Impressionist movement. His long life and extraordinary work were dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye. Monet’s poplars, grain stacks, Rouen Cathedral...(展开全部)

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chro...(展开全部)

About the book: Prince of the Impressionists Hailed the “Prince of the Impressionists”, Claude Monet (1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek to render only reality, but the act of perception itself. Working “en plein air” with rapid, impetuous brush strokes, he interrogated the play of light...(展开全部)

文字作者 萨拉·帕普沃斯（Sara Pappworth），一位艺术史家、教师和摄影家，她在美术馆和画廊教学二十多年，目前在泰特不列颠、泰特现代艺术馆、维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆、华勒斯典藏馆和国家美术馆工作。 插图作者 奥德·范·莱恩（Aude Van Ryn），曾就读于伦敦的中央圣马丁和皇家艺术学院。她的作品包括剧院海报、“每日面包”糕点店的外包装，以及为英国心脏基金会等客户设计的广告宣传画。她的插图曾在伦敦和东京的若干展览及画廊展销会中展出。 中文译者 北寺，自由译者，本名徐蓓思，纳西族，出生于云南昆明，现旅居美国。先后在北京大学、香港大学、卫斯理学院和伦敦考陶尔德艺术学院学习艺术史。译有《纽约往事》等。

Giverny, automne 1886. Émilie, jeune protégée de Claude Monet fait la rencontre de Francis Hawkins, fils d'un galeriste de New York venu rencontrer le célèbre peintre impressionniste. L'une vit en France, l'autre aux États-Unis mais, malgré cette distance, ils le savent : un jour, ils se marieront. Cette promesse marque le début d'un amour pur qui sera pourtant souvent perturbé...(展开全部)

Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at varying times of the day and in different seasons, pushed the limits of representational art. His final series of water lilies are conside...(展开全部)

Monet is one of the leading figures of the Impressionist group of painters that came to the fore in France in the second half of the nineteenth century. This project is aimed at established fans and for those wishing to learn about him for the first time. With the inclusion of facsimiles of some 30 documents from Claude Monet's personal papers and associated archives, "Musee Ma...(展开全部)