Courbet

Name: Courbet
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ISBN: 9780714831800

ISBN-10: 0714831808

ISBN-13: 9780714831800

Edition: 1997 (Revised)

Authors: Xavier Bernard, James H. Rubin, Laurent Strim, James H. Rubin

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Rubin provides an account of the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, whose life and art reflected the social and political transformations of the mid-19th century.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.66" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

James Rubinis Professor of Art History at Stony Brook, the State University of New York, and Adjunct Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union. He is the author of eight books, includingCourbet, Impressionism,andImpressionist Cats and Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life.



Introduction: Realist and Visionary



The Desperate Man: Identity Crisis in Bohemian Paris



Gutter Art: The Stonebreakers and Political Upheaval



Down-to-Earth Death: Realism Defined by A Burial at Ornans



Mirrors of the People: Realist Series and Meeting Independence



Autobiography and Social Vision: World Prophecy from the Studio



Realism as Language and Attitude: A Manifesto and its Contexts



Manhood and Women: Models and Mistresses, Prostitutes and Wives



Truth to Nature and to Home: The Outdoors and its Consumers



Courbet Non Grata: The Vendome Column, Prison and Exile



The Example of Courbet: Courbetism's Legacy and the Avant-Garde


Glossary


Brief Biographies


Key Dates


Map


Further Reading


Index


Acknowledgements