Paris 1874: Abécédaire impressionniste. Archéologie drawing on a subtle appreciation

drawing on a subtle appreciation of light

" These are all preconceived ideas that mathematician and historian of science Lucio Russo brilliantly debunks in this short and incisive essay

son génie naît aussi de la connaissance analytique du corps humain

Through these field studies conducted over more than twenty years

Paris 1874: Abécédaire impressionniste. Archéologie drawing on a subtle appreciationIn April 1874 in Paris, a group of daring artists organized the first Impressionist exhibition in the former studio of the photographer Nadar. Among them were Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Czanne, Pissarro, and Sisley, who sought to free themselves from the rules of the official Salon and impose a new way of painting by exhibiting their works themselves. "Amitis", "Cache cache", "Parisienne", "Plein air", "Scandale", "Vie moderne": the fifty or so