ImpressionismIn this remarkable new large-format book, art historians Belinda Thomson and Michael Howard have selected 120 of the world's finest and best known Impressionist paintings. Each painting is superbly reproduced in full color and accompanied by a lively and authoritative text which provides insights into the rich complexity of the work. |
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