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The Judgement of Paris
Dr Ross King
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Description for The Judgement of Paris
Paperback. Beginning with the year that Manet exhibited his ground-breaking Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe and ending in 1974 with the first 'Impressionist' exhibition, the author plunges into Parisian life during a ten-year period full of social and political ferment with his usual narrative brilliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp colour plates; app 30 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACVT; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world and the darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris. Manet, on the other hand, was struggling in obscurity. Beginning with the year that Manet exhibited his ground-breaking Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe and ending in 1974 with the first 'Impressionist' exhibition, Ross King plunges into Parisian life during a ten-year period full of social and political ferment with his usual narrative brillliance.
These were the years in which Napoleon III's autocratic and pleasure-seeking Second Empire ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844134076
SKU
V9781844134076
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99-99
About Dr Ross King
Ross King is a renowned expert in the Italian Renaissance. He is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed books include Brunelleschi’s Dome, Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling, Leonardo and the Last Supper and Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies. His love of Renaissance Florence, which he has been studying, writing and lecturing about for ... Read more
Reviews for The Judgement of Paris
This is an exhilarating book... The success Ross King achieved with Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling is repeated here, for he fashions history anew
Frances Spalding
Independent
A crowded canvas - like, say, Manet's Music in the Tuileries Gardens - full of diverse characters
Martin Gayford
Sunday Telegraph
A brilliant book, ... Read more
Frances Spalding
Independent
A crowded canvas - like, say, Manet's Music in the Tuileries Gardens - full of diverse characters
Martin Gayford
Sunday Telegraph
A brilliant book, ... Read more