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Sebastian Smee: "Paris in Ruins: How Love, War and Art Gave Birth to Impressionism"
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Paris in Ruins: How Love, War and Art Gave Birth to Impressionism.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
How the chaos of war and revolution in 1870s Paris shaped the birth of Impressionism.
Why the relationship between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot was central to the book and the Impressionist Movement.
How Impressionism’s quick brushwork and light fixation reflect trauma, urgency and impermanence.
Why Smee gives…
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