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Summary: Experience both the art and the city in a thrilling new way.
Review: I guarantee that when you first come upon one of the sites painted by Monet, Renoir, Manet or Degas, reproduction in hand, you will experience both the art and the city in a thrilling new way. You get the same excitement when you stand in front of the artists' homes or studios and imagine them walking down those same streets so many years ago. I hope the enormous amount of fun I had writing this book comes across.
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Summary: A mirror image of the artists view
Review: I think my students will love traveling in the footsteps of the impressionists. Seeing what the artists saw is worth a 1000 words in explaining they why of the subject painted.
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Summary: c'est incroyable!
Review: If you love Paris and the Impressionists' work this is a must have. Taking the walking tours was the highlight of my last trip to the city of lights. Williams helps you see through 100 years of change into a different Paris.
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Summary: A work of art
Review: There are many books about Paris, many about the Impressionists, and several about Paris and the Impressionists. If you're obsessed with Paris and Impressionism, buy them all. However, if you're not willing to build a new wing for your library, or simply want a book you can actually take with you and use while you're in Paris, this is the one. It's a true gem.
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Summary: Excellent mixture of information and imagery
Review: This and a Metro map will take care of me for a week. A little about Paris, a little about the period, a little about the artists... "The Impressionists' Paris" is a learning experience, even for a student of impressionist art, and even if you're not planning a trip to Paris soon. All but one of these 3 walks are on the right bank, which is otherwise somewhat impressionist-deprived since the good paintings moved from l'Orangerie to Musee d'Orsay. Combine Walk 1 with a visit to Orsay one day, then combine Walk 2 with an excursion to Giverny on another day. Work the cafes into the rest of your visit to Paris. If you're into art and food, this book is a great companion to "The Historic Restaurants of Paris" by the same author. Don't expect to find all of the locations intact, and there's the ever-present reality of construction and scaffolding. I hardly recognized the Pont de l'Europe from Caillebotte's painting, and Cafe de la Paix is closed for renovation (9/2002). I'd love to meet this author sometime. She did this book like I would have (if I knew nearly as much as she). Each tour has a good map, and about 14-18 pages (each) of descriptions and pictures. Walking directions are in bold. The book has nice color plates of selected paintings, matched loosely with period photos of Paris taken from old postcards, some with their 'timbres' quaintly intact. Lengthy captions add colorful trivia. She even finishes off the book with a tastefully written list of Paris cemeteries where the impressionists are buried. Bon Voyage!
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Summary: An entire 19th-c. day is planned for the reader.
Review: What immediately attracted me to this book-besides the wonderful stories that it tells-was the fact that the author has mapped out an entire 19th-century day, including cafes, patisseries, and restaurants that date from the Impressionist era, all located along the walking tours' routes. Her skillful weaving of anecdotes of the painters' lives in the city made the dazzling Paris of their day come alive for me in a way that I had never before experienced.
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