Luncheon of the boating party / Susan Vreeland.
Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a cafe terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoi's future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne, a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era.
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- ISBN: 9780670038541
- ISBN: 0670038547
- Physical Description: xii, 434 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2007.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Vreeland (Text) | 31010000177297 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F VREELAND (Text) | 39493105653309 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F VRE (Text) | 34208201732533 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F Vreeland (Text) | 33115005340960 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F VREELAND (Text) | 22281500050162 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Vreeland, Susan (Text) | 0112514710998 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F VRE (Text) | 34621704455016 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hampton B. Allen Library | FIC VREELAND (Text) | 18198000652489 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | F VREELAND (Text) | 39493106010335 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Leath Memorial Library | FIC VREELAND (Text) | 58198000711690 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a cafe terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoi's future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne, a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era.
