| Description |
213 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Note |
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. |
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"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 ... [et al.]."--T.p. verso. |
| 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, considering the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters, parallels with the work of Renoir and links with early photography. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, works on paper, and photographs of models and sitters, this landmark study throws new light in the quintessential painter of modernity."--P. [2] of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Manet : portraying life, themes and variations / Maryanne Stevens -- Théophile Gautier, militant of modernity / Stéphane Guégan -- Manet at the intersection of portraits and personalities / Carol M. Armstrong -- 'L'Espirit de l'atelier ' : Manet's late portraits of women, 1878-1883 / Leah Lehmbeck -- Manet and Renoir : an unexamined dialogue / Colin B. Bailey -- Manet and Hals : two geniuses, one vision / Lawrence W. Nichols -- Catalogue plates / with section introductions by Maryanne Stevens. The artist and his family ; Artists ; Men of letters and figures of the stage ; The status portrait ; Models -- Chronology / Sarah Lea -- Catalogue entries / Maryanne Stevens, Leah Lehmbeck. |
| Subject |
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883 -- Exhibitions.
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Painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait painting -- France -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Toledo Museum of Art.
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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| Added Title |
Portraying life |
| ISBN |
9781907533532 Toledo pbk. |
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1907533532 Toledo pbk. |
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9781907533525 Toledo hbk. |
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1907533524 Toledo hbk. |
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9781905711758 RA pbk. |
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1905711751 RA pbk. |
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9781905711741 RA hbk. |
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1905711743 RA hbk. |
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