Divisionism, Neo-Impressionism: Arcadia & Anarchy
Hardcover
2007 · New York
by Greene, Vivien
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2007. Hardcover. VG. White cloth, with color illus. laid on front & rear covers, decorated flyleaves, 136 pp., many color illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2007 exhibitions that examine "the major figures of italian Divisionism: Vittore Grubicy De Dragon, Emilio Longoni, Angelo Morbelli, Plinio Nomellini, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Gaetano Previati, Giovanni Segantini, and Giovanni Sottocornola. These artists are placed side-by-side with masters of Neo-Impressionism: Charles Angrand, Henri-Edmond Cross, Albrt Dubois-Pillet, Maximilien Luce, Camille Pissarro, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Jan Toorop, and Theo Van Rysselberghe. This exhibition, which reflects the Guggenheim Museum's ongoing commitment to Italian art, will reveal the complexities of Italian Divisionism and reassess exisiting perspectives on this idiom." (preface) With essays by Vivien Greene, Giovanna Ginex, Aurora Scotti Tosini, and Dominique Lobstein. Illustrations are divided by subject matter: Light, Landscape, Rural Life, Social Problems, and Symbolism. (Inventory #: 144344)