Sorolia: The Painted Gardens









Like Claude Monet s celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the series collected

in this book represents among the best-loved examples of Joaquin Sorolla s (1863-1923)

work, and a window into the Spanish painter s quest to capture the essence of a garden.

Described by Monet as the master of light, Sorolla and his landscapes, formal portraits,

and historically themed canvases drew comparisons to contemporary American painter

John Singer Sargent. Sorolla had achieved renown on both sides of the Atlantic for grand

scenes of Spanish life when he began a personal series of garden works, presented

completely for the first time in this publication. Painted at the palaces of La Granja and the

Alcazar in Seville, the Alhambra and Generalife in Granada, and at the painter s home in

Madrid, these Impressionist works allowed Sorolla to apply his signature loose brushwork

and training as a photographer s lighting assistant to gardens and the sculptures, architecture,

and sitters that frame and animate them. Sorolla depicted reflections in fountains and pools,

the sunlight dappling his glamorous sitters, sprays of orange blossoms, and shaded blue-and-white

tile as he endeavoured to render the radiant peace of a summer afternoon.






INFO
ISBN : 978-0847866489

페이지 : 152 page

사이즈 : 25.1 x 1.9 x 28.6 cm

표지 : Hardcover

언어 : English