Guide to Impressionist Paris: Nine Walking Tours to the Impressionist Painting Sites in Paris
In this unusual book, author/artist Lurie (Guide to Impressionist Landscape, LJ 11/15/90) offers nine walking tours of Paris, covering 80 locales used by the Impressionist painters in their cityscapes. One visits the exact locations that inspired painters such as Monet, Pissaro, and Renoir to create their paintings. Each tour begins with an overview of the walk and includes a map. There are clear instructions on getting from one site to another and selecting a suitable vantage point. Each two-page description of a site provides background information about the location, the artist, and the painting. A color reproduction of the painting is matched with a color photograph of the site as it appears today. Even though the face of Paris has changed over the past century, much remains unaltered. This is not your standard guidebook, but art lovers visiting Paris will welcome it. Recommended for public libraries.?Ravi Shenoy, Hinsdale P.L., Ill.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.