Public parks, private gardens : Paris to Provence / Colta Ives ; edited by Cynthia Clark and Emily Walter.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]Distributor: New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press Copyright date: ©2018Description: xi, 204 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781588395849
- 1588395847
- Parks in art -- Exhibitions
- Gardens in art -- Exhibitions
- Landscape painting, French -- France -- Paris -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
- Landscape painting, French -- France -- Provence -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
- Impressionism (Art) -- France -- Exhibitions
- Post-impressionism (Art) -- France -- Exhibitions
- Parcs urbains dans l'art -- Expositions
- Jardins dans l'art -- Expositions
- Peinture du paysages françaises -- France -- Paris -- 19e siècle -- Expositions
- Peinture du paysages françaises -- France -- Provence -- 19e siècle -- Expositions
- Impressionisme (Art) -- France -- Expositions
- Post-impressionnisme (Art) -- France -- Expositions
- N8234.P3 I94 2018
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.
The green wave -- Revolution in the garden -- Parks for the public -- The private garden -- The portrait in the garden -- The revival of the floral still life -- The garden's path.
The spectacular transformation of Paris during the nineteenth century into a city of tree-lined boulevards and public parks both redesigned the capital and inspired the era's great Impressionist artists. The renewed landscape gave crowded, displaced urban dwellers green spaces to enjoy, while suburbanites and country dwellers began cultivating their own flower gardens--trends that spread throughout Europe and even to America. As exotic botanical specimens arrived from abroad and local nurserymen pursued hybridization, the availability and variety of plants and flowers grew tremendously, as did public interest in them. A revival in floral still-life easel painting (rarely practiced since the seventeenth century) brought the garden's beauty indoors. Public Parks, Private Gardens includes masterworks by artists such as Bonnard, Cassatt, Cézanne, Corot, Daumier, Van Gogh, Manet, Matisse, Monet, and Seurat. Many of these artists were themselves avid gardeners, and they painted parks and gardens as the distinctive scenery of contemporary life. Writing from the perspective of both a distinguished art historian and a trained landscape designer, Colta Ives provides new insights into these essential works and a delightful protrait of an extraordinarily creative period in France's history.
Published in conjunction with "Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 12 through July 29, 2018.