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Manet: His Life and Work in 500 Images
Nigel Rodgers
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Description for Manet: His Life and Work in 500 Images
Hardcover. Born to a wealthy conservative family, Edouard Manet became one of art's greatest revolutionaries, hailed by the Impressionists as their 'king'. This book details Manet's life and his role as leader of the Batignolles group that included Renoir, Cezanne and Degas. It also features a wide-ranging gallery of his finest works. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 photographs. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1320.
This is an illustrated exploration of the artist, his life and context, with a gallery of 300 of his greatest works. It is a lively but expert account of Edouard Manet, one of the greatest French artists, whose striking realism has led to him being called the first modern painter. It is a vivid biography explores his life and career, including his break with established institutions and his links with artistic pioneers such as Monet, Cezanne and Degas. It features an extensive gallery of all Manet's most important works, accompanied by an analysis of his aims, style and technique. It focuses on how Manet turned the focus of artistic interest back to real life and away from the conventions of academic art. It is superbly illustrated with 500 pictures covering his life and art, along with works by his main contemporaries, including Monet, Renoir and Gauguin. Born to a wealthy conservative family, Edouard Manet became one of art's greatest revolutionaries, hailed by the Impressionists as their 'king'. While such works as Olympia or Music in the Tuileries struck contemporaries as shockingly candid, he himself revered the Old Masters.Manet's was the first great painter of modern Paris, the artistic capital of the 19th century. The first half of the book details Manet's life and his role as leader of the Batignolles group that included Renoir, Cezanne and Degas. The second half is a wide-ranging gallery of his finest works. With a total of 500 illustrations, this book gives a superb overview of one of the world's greatest and most original artists.
Product Details
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1310g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754828945
SKU
V9780754828945
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About Nigel Rodgers
Nigel Rodgers who has a degree in history and history of art from Cambridge University, has written widely on history, philosophy and art. His works include Incredible Optical Illusions (Simon and Schuster); The Traveller's Atlas - A Global Guide to Places You Must See in your Lifetime (Apple Press); with Mel Thompson, Philosophers Behaving Badly (Peter Owen); and The Dandy: Peacock or Enigma? and The Umbrella Unfurled: Its Remarkable Life and Times (both Bene Factum Publishing).
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