{"id":9836,"date":"2025-03-26T05:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2025-03-26T06:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:18:26","slug":"paris-in-ruins-love-war-and-the-birth-of-impressionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=9836","title":{"rendered":"PARIS IN RUINS: LOVE, WAR, AND THE BIRTH OF IMPRESSIONISM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=df0&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_UUJA8kX2yvk08v&#038;asin=1324006951&#038;tag=bingshoppinga-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>First, I must say that this is a beautifully designed book. Reading a physical copy of a book of such beauty does not compare to reading on a Kindle, though this book is available on Kindle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Both my wife and I love Impressionism. I well remember a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We have been there on many occasions. We went in different directions for a bit. When we reconnected, I found my wife enthralled before a Pissarro painting. Impressionism has many strange, but wonderful qualities that draw you in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the outset Smee clearly lays out his goals with the book: &#8220;The story focuses on the events of 1870-71 (famously dubbed &#8216;The Terrible Year&#8217; by Victor Hugo). It&#8217;s premised on the conviction that we cannot see Impressionism clearly without grasping the impact of the tumultuous time on the movement&#8217;s leading artists.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smee has done yeomen&#8217;s work in giving a detailed and fascinating account of worn-torn France and the emergence of Impressionism.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For both history and art lovers, this is a terrific read!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, I must say that this is a beautifully designed book. Reading a physical copy of a book of such beauty does not compare to reading on a Kindle, though this book is available on Kindle. Both my wife and I love Impressionism. I well remember a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,178,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-history","category-love"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9842,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions\/9842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}