"This book is based on 'Toward a Modern Beauty: Manet, Gauguin, Cezanne,' the inaugural Getty Museum Distinguished Lecture, presented at the Getty Center in February and March 2016." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Timothy Potts -- Modern beauty: introduction -- Notes to the reader -- Is beauty transitory? Edouard Manet's Jeanne -- Is beauty immemorial? Paul Gauguin's Arii matamoe -- Is beauty beyond time? Paul Cezanne's Young Italian woman at a table -- Afterthoughts -- List of illustrations -- Suggested further reading -- Index of artists and artworks.
Summary:
"An analysis of the notion of modern beauty that uses three Impressionist paintings in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, as the points of departure"--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.