James H Rubin

American art historian and author known for scholarship on 19th-century French painting and Impressionism.

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  1. 1. Impressionism

    A concise, scholarly survey of late-19th-century French Impressionism that places the movement’s radical experiments in color, light, and brushwork within the social, scientific, and institutional changes of the period. It profiles key artists and their practices—plein-air painting, rapid sketching, and new approaches to urban and rural subject matter—while tracing the movement’s exhibition strategies, critical reception, and patterns of patronage. Through close visual analysis and historical context, the book shows how Impressionism transformed perceptions of modern life and paved the way for later avant-garde developments.