false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171406886m/98049.jpg 98049 8 <B>Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world</B> <BR><BR> Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a café terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir's future wife, among others, share this moment of <I>la vie moderne</I>, 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. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own. 2283351 2007 Luncheon of the Boating Party total:828|5:138|4:290|3:268|2:92|1:40| 828 2878 1461 297 2 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 07:14:47 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 16:36:31 -0800 2007 Girl in Hyacinth Blue either. ]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 18:21:31 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 00:42:10 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:08:56 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:37:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:07:58 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:33:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:37:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:37:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 14:08:34 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 20:07:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 21:13:20 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:56:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 16 12:50:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 13:00:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 14 08:32:56 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 08:36:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:29:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:33:59 -0700 2009
This book is on another level. She truly communicated in her writing the passion for painting that lead so many of the great ones to suffer poverty to bring us so much beauty.

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