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GtrsRGr8 · 05-23-2016, 07:00 PM

This is a relatively new book (being published in 1990) for it to be from the Internet Archive. Although most of their items are in the public domain, so older, the Internet Archive has a small number (relatively speaking, the number is still in the millions) of items that are still in copyright; probably most people do not realize that. These are items which the copyright holders have generously allowed the Internet Archive to make available for free. This is one of them.

This is a catalog of an exhibition in 1984, but it is an extremely nicely done one. It's big, too. The book contains Impressionist paintings from many museums and collections, both private and public, from across the world. Almost all of the paintings are in color and, are, of course, beautiful. There is a bounteous amount of text describing the paintings, as well as bringing out various points about Impressionism as an art.

As far as I know, this book is not available for sale anywhere as an ebook (I did a quick search of Luzme, the title did not appear). It is only available as an ebook on the Internet Archive. And it's free.

Title: A Day in the country: impressionism and the French landscape.
Format(s): Probably every one that you've ever heard of, and more.
Author(s): Andrea P.A. Belloli (editor).
Publishers: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Abradale Books.
Pages: 376.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 5.0 (3); 4.30 (10) at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there: $4.00 (Paperback, Used--"Good").
Book Description (from the book cover flap):
A Day in the Country, with its wealth of exquisite color-plates, is a glorious armchair excursion into the world of the French Impressionists. But it is also a newly opened window on what the great artists who created these masterpieces were trying to achieve.

This is the first volume to approach Impressionist landscapes not merely as exaltations of physical beauty but as modern statements of important principles--artistic and social. The great new network of railroads that expanded the horizons of even the poorest city dweller, and the resulting new interactions of city and country life, are part of this absorbing chronicle . . . .
Comments:
URL: https://archive.org/details/dayincountryimpr00bret.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	How about A Day in the Country (A Book on Impressionist Painting)? FREE! This is a relatively new book (being published in 1990) for it to be from the Internet Archive. Although most of their items are in the public domain, so older, the Internet Archive has a small number (relatively speaking, the number is still in the millions) of items that are still in copyright; probably most people do not realize that. These are items which the copyright holders have generously allowed the Internet Archive to make available for free. This is one of them. This is a catalog of an exhibition in 1984, but it is an extremely nicely done one. It's big, too. The book contains Impressionist paintings from many museums and collections, both private and public, from across the world. Almost all of the paintings are in color and, are, of course, beautiful. There is a bounteous amount of text describing the paintings, as well as bringing out various points about Impressionism as an art. As far as I know, this book is not available for sale anywhere as an ebook (I did a quick search of Luzme, the title did not appear). It is only available as an ebook on the Internet Archive. And it's free. Title: *A Day in the country: impressionism and the French landscape. Format(s):* Probably every one that you've ever heard of, and more. Author(s): Andrea P.A. Belloli (editor). Publishers: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Abradale Books. Pages: 376. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 5.0 (3); 4.30 (10) at GoodReads. Price: *$0.00. Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there:* $4.00 (Paperback, Used--"Good"). Book Description (from the book cover flap): A Day in the Country, with its wealth of exquisite color-plates, is a glorious armchair excursion into the world of the French Impressionists. But it is also a newly opened window on what the great artists who created these masterpieces were trying to achieve. This is the first volume to approach Impressionist landscapes not merely as exaltations of physical beauty but as modern statements of important principles--artistic and social. The great new network of railroads that expanded the horizons of even the poorest city dweller, and the resulting new interactions of city and country life, are part of this absorbing chronicle . . . . Comments: URL: https://archive.org/details/dayincountryimpr00bret. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 05-23-2016 at 07:46 PM.