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PISSARRO'S PLACES tells his story in a fresh and different way-exploring the places he painted and his "sensations" as he translated them into brushstrokes on his canvas. In his landscapes, you almost feel the sun and the wind in the trees. In his city paintings, you sense the hustle and bustle of traffic. This was his genius. Rather than settling for the familiar, Pissarro courageously put himself into new situations in pursuit of different and exciting motifs. With PISSARRO'S PLACES, you see those places through his eyes. All the paintings featured in the book are located in public museums and are accessible to the public. Ann Saul has traveled to all the places Pissarro painted (except Ve...
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The book is a novel about the consequences of a large increase in fees imposed on students by the administration of the University of California as a result of severe cuts in funding by the State Legislature. Thousands of students demonstrate against the fee hike. Also other forms of protest take place, such as students blocking the entrances to the administration building. The main emphasis is on the role of a few students in leading the protests and a telling of their love affairs.
Abstract Pissarro investigates the abstract element in the paintings of Camille Pissarro and discovers that he invented many techniques used by abstract artists today
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