This fascinating book tells the story of the Barbizon School, a group of French landscape painters working in the mid-nineteenth century who helped revolutionize the way artists approached the natural world. From Jean-Francois Millet's depictions of peasant life to Theodore Rousseau's majestic forest scenes, the Barbizon painters paved the way for the Impressionists and left an indelible mark on the history of art. This work has been selected...