Screen LibraryManet : portraying life.
"Depicting the Paris of his day, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) captured the nineteenth-century urban experience, legitimizing 'modern life' as an artistic subject. His detached, frank mode of looking and his subversive handling of both paint and subject-matter shocked his contemporaries,...
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Royal Academy of Arts ; Distributed in the United States and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | London : New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Depicting the Paris of his day, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) captured the nineteenth-century urban experience, legitimizing 'modern life' as an artistic subject. His detached, frank mode of looking and his subversive handling of both paint and subject-matter shocked his contemporaries, and eventually established his reputation as the father of modern painting. This remarkable book explores Manet's portraiture, a significant yet often neglected aspect of his work, including examples from throughout his career. Leading authorities provide a thorough review of the artist's stylistic evolution, co |
| Item Description: |
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2012-Jan. 1, 2013, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Jan. 26-Apr. 14, 2013. "Exhibition curators: Royal Academy of Arts, Mary Anne Stevens assisted by Sarah Lea ; Toledo Museum of Art, Lawrence Nichols. ... Catalogue: Royal Academy Publications ; Beatrice Gullström [and others]."--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 213 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-208) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781905711741 (RA hardback) : 9781907533532 (Toledo paperback) 1907533532 (Toledo paperback) 9781907533525 (Toledo hardback) 1907533524 (Toledo hardback) 9781905711758 (RA paperback) 1905711751 (RA paperback) 1905711743 (RA hardback) |
| Index Number: | ND553 |
| CLC: | J233(565)-28 |
| Call Number: | J233(565)-28/M275 |
| Contents: |
Manet : portraying life, themes and variations / Théophile Gautier, militant of modernity / Manet at the intersection of portraits and personalities / 'L'Espirit de l'atelier ' : Manet's late portraits of women, 1878-1883 / Manet and Renoir : an unexamined dialogue / Manet and Hals : two geniuses, one vision / Catalogue plates / The artist and his family ; Artists ; Men of letters and figures of the stage |