{"product_id":"renoir-isbn-9783819500008","title":"Renoir:The Essential Paintings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sumptuous boxed set traces the development of Renoir’s painting across subjects, periods, and scale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the central figures of French Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir helped redefine modern painting through his sustained attention to light, the human figure, and the textures of everyday life. Spanning the full course of his career, this distinctive edition brings together a wide selection of Renoir’s most significant paintings in a format that encourages extended looking and visual comparison.\u003cbr\u003eThe main book has an accordion-fold structure, which allows works from different moments and involving diverse subjects to be seen together, revealing continuities as well as shifts in approach. The selection moves fluidly from scenes of modern leisure and social exchange—among them \u003ci\u003eDance at Le Moulin de la Galette\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLuncheon of the Boating Party\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDance at Bougival\u003c\/i\u003e—to portraits and landscapes such as \u003ci\u003eTwo Sisters (On the Terrace)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Road in Louveciennes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eHoused in a slipcase, the main hardback volume contains finely reproduced color plates and is accompanied by a separate booklet providing specifications and concise annotations for each work, situating the paintings historically and thematically.\u003cbr\u003eDesigned for museum visitors and collectors, this lavish set of books offers a focused encounter with an artist who helped shape the visual language of modern life. | \u003cb\u003eVALERIE METTAIS \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several works on painting and artists’ writings, including \u003ci\u003eKlimt: The Essential Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh: The Essential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaintings\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTurner: The Essential Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Prestel.","brand":"Prestel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759504928997,"sku":"NP9783819500008","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9783819500008.jpg?v=1775598810","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/renoir-isbn-9783819500008","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}