Like breath on glass : Whistler, Inness, and the art of painting softly / Marc Simpson ; with essays by Wanda M. Corn ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2008Description: 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cmISBN: 9780300134063 (hbk.) :; 0300134061 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Exhibitions | Inness, George, 1825-1894 -- Exhibitions | Painting, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Painting, American -- 20th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 759.1'3'0747441 Summary: Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transcience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic - softness - this book explores this painterly phenomenon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Through an innovative manner of handling paint, a group of American artists around 1900 created deceptively simple canvases that convey images of shimmering transcience, visions suggested rather than delineated. Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic - softness - this book explores this painterly phenomenon.
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