Art History Assoc. Prof. at Suffolk Uni., Boston. Publications: "Abstraction & the Classical Ideal" (Uni. of Delaware Press, 2006), “Alexander Cozens’s New Method” (Art Bulletin 79, no. 1, Mar 1997).
Art History
Monet and Degas transformed traditional art through unconventional vantage points and spatial compositions. Their works challenged academic norms, presenting a more dynamic, lived experience of the modern world and redefining realism in art.
Art History
Claude Monet’s 'Impression, Sunrise' exemplifies Impressionism with its focus on light and atmosphere over detail. Initially ridiculed, it named the movement and highlighted fleeting moments and middle-class leisure in art.