Author
Groom; Gloria ; Shaw; Jill
Year
2014
Publisher
Art Institute of Chicago
Language
English
Pages
8
ISBN
978-0-86559-269-8
Last Update
18-Oct-2024
Keywords
Art & Art History
In the mid-1860s, Claude Monet returned to the coast of Normandy—a place whose picturesque sites, villages, and vantage points he knew well, having spent much of his childhood in the coastal town of Le Havre (see fig. 13.1). The area had changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century, however, due in large part to the expanding rail network and the proliferation of travel guidebooks and illustrated publications. The small, rural fishing villages of the beginning of the century were rapidly transformed into seaside resorts for tourists and vacationers, altering the physical and social landscape in dramatic ways.²...
