Monument, Moment, and Memory

Bernier (art history, Wilkes U., Pennsylvania) examines the critical responses of Claude Monet's contemporaries to his paintings of Rouen Cathedral, a departure from his natural subjects that better suited the widespread discourse on instantaneity and temporality. Among other things, the author relates how these themes translated (and how they didn't) in the opinion of nineteenth-century critics when the impressionist's subject changed from transient nature to a monument of history and nation. Oversize: 8.5x11.25". Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)