Originally published in German. Koln : Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2003. Translated by Chris Miller. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
A wolf in the Spanish sheepfold -- Modernity: scandal and triumph -- Godfather to the "Manet gang" -- The "boater" years -- "Greater than we thought ..." -- Édouard Manet 1832-1883, life and work.
Summary:
Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Edouard Manet (1832 1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Manet's work combined a painterly technique with strikingly modern images of contemporary life, centered on the urban Paris experience. He recorded the city's parks, bars, and cabarets, often delighting in the frisson of underground or provocative content. The Paris salon rejected his Dejeuner sur l herbe with its juxtaposition of fully dressed men and a nude woman, while the steady gaze and unabashed pose of the prostitute Olympia, a very modern reworking of Titian's Venus of Urbino, caused a society scandal. With rich illustration, this book introduces Manet's work and his uniquely influential combination of Realism, Impressionism, and reworked Old Masters that would become paradigms of a brave new world for generations of modernists to come.
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