Edited by Adriano Pedrosa, Fernando Oliva, Isabela Ferreira Loures. Text by Michael J. Call, Stephen F. Eisenman, Géraldine Lefebvre, Isabela Ferreira Loures, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, Marianne Mathieu, Maria Grazia Messina, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Fernando Oliva, Caroline Shields.
The first book to examine Monet's landscapes as ecological systems and intricate microcosms of nature and society
Known almost as much for his gardens as for his paintings, the Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926) held a fascination with nature that only deepened as his career progressed. Monet's Ecology is the first exhibition to investigate the artist's relationship to ecology and the environment. Illustrated with a dazzling array of landscapes, from his early coastal views of Le Havre to his "impressions" of Westminster Bridge and Gare Saint-Lazare, his Rouen Cathedral series and finally Water Lilies, each curatorial essay in the catalog examines a different aspect of Monet's "ecologies"—from the industrial biomes of London and Paris to the pastoralism of middle-class leisure and contemporary protests against climate change that directly invoke Monet's Giverny scenes—arguing that Monet's radical engagement with the natural world positioned him at the forefront of ecological awareness.
STATUS: Forthcoming | 3/31/2026
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FORMAT: Hbk, 8 x 11 in. / 312 pgs / 185 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $93 GBP £50.00 ISBN: 9786557770641 PUBLISHER: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand/KMEC Books AVAILABLE: 3/31/2026 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Forthcoming AVAILABILITY: Awaiting stock TERRITORY: WORLD Except Brazil
Published by Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand/KMEC Books. Edited by Adriano Pedrosa, Fernando Oliva, Isabela Ferreira Loures. Text by Michael J. Call, Stephen F. Eisenman, Géraldine Lefebvre, Isabela Ferreira Loures, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, Marianne Mathieu, Maria Grazia Messina, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Fernando Oliva, Caroline Shields.
The first book to examine Monet's landscapes as ecological systems and intricate microcosms of nature and society
Known almost as much for his gardens as for his paintings, the Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926) held a fascination with nature that only deepened as his career progressed. Monet's Ecology is the first exhibition to investigate the artist's relationship to ecology and the environment. Illustrated with a dazzling array of landscapes, from his early coastal views of Le Havre to his "impressions" of Westminster Bridge and Gare Saint-Lazare, his Rouen Cathedral series and finally Water Lilies, each curatorial essay in the catalog examines a different aspect of Monet's "ecologies"—from the industrial biomes of London and Paris to the pastoralism of middle-class leisure and contemporary protests against climate change that directly invoke Monet's Giverny scenes—arguing that Monet's radical engagement with the natural world positioned him at the forefront of ecological awareness.
