Manet

Édouard Manet was a French painter who is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism. His work combined a painterly technique with modern images of contemporary life, centered on the urban Paris experience. The Paris salon rejected his Déjeuner sur lherbe with its juxtaposition of fully dressed men and a nude woman, while Olympia caused a society scandal. This book introduces Manet's work and his influential combination of Realism, Impressionism, and reworked Old Masters.

Format: Hardback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

French painter Édouard Manet (1832–1883) is now regarded as a pivotal 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 Déjeuner 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. This richly illustrated 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.

French painter Édouard Manet (1832–1883) is now regarded as a pivotal 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 Déjeuner 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. This richly illustrated 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.

Weight: 564g
Dimension: 269 x 218 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836535106