Manet and modern beauty : the artist's last years / edited by Scott Allan, Emily A. Beeny, Gloria Groom ; essays by Scott Allan, Bridget Alsdorf, Carol Armstrong, Emily A. Beeny, Helen Burnham, Gloria Groom, Leah Lehmbeck, Devi Ormond and Catherine Schmidt Patterson, Samuel Rodary.
Publisher:
The J. Paul Getty Museum,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xv, 384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Manet and Modern Beauty: The Artist's Last Years, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago from May 26 to September 8, 2019, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from October 8, 2019, to January 12, 2020." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Timothy Potts and James Rondeau -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Introduction: beauty, fashion, and happiness / Scott Allan, Emily A. Beeny, and Gloria Groom -- Chronology -- Faux frere: Manet and the Salon, 1879-1882 / Scott Allan -- "The type of an era": Manet and the Parisienne / Helen Burnham -- All the world's a stage: Manet's images of model-actresses / Leah Lehmbeck -- Foregrounding Manet's backgrounds / Gloria Groom -- Manet and the eighteenth century / Emily A. Beeny -- Manet's little nothings / Carol Armstrong -- Manet's fleurs du mal / Bridget Alsdorf -- The making of a Parisienne: Manet's methods and materials / Devi Ormond and Catherine Schmidt Patterson with Douglas MacLennan and Nathan Daly -- Edouard Manet: a selection of letters, 1878-1883 / Samuel Rodary -- Plates -- References cited -- Exhibitions cited -- Contributors -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Summary:
"An examination of the last years of the artist Édouard Manet's life and work"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.