Edouard Manet Rebel in a Frock Coat

Name: Edouard Manet Rebel in a Frock Coat
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ISBN: 9780226075440

ISBN-10: 0226075443

ISBN-13: 9780226075440

Edition: 1997 (Annual)

Authors: Beth Archer Brombert

List price: $33.00

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"Manet comes alive in [Brombert's] pages. . . . At times her biography reads like a substantial and detailed 19th-century novel. . . . Brombert's Edouard Manet gives us not only a portrait of a complex artist but, in its authority and its range, a portrait of an age as well."--James R. Mellow, New York Times Book Review "One of the pleasures of reading her is to follow the way she weaves life, art and history into a smooth tapestry. The art emerges from the life, and in the broadest possible context: in terms of its creator's life and concerns and in terns of its historical and cultural setting."--Eric Gibson, The Washington Times Books "Richly detailed and informative . . . [this…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Beth Archer Brombert is a professional translator and author.



List of Illustrations


Preface



A Manet an Artist?



At Sea



The Doubling Begins



The Making of Paris



The Double-Edged Sword



A Turning Point



Venus Observed



""A Recidivist of the Monstrous and the Immoral""



An Old Passion, a New Friend, a Public Defender



""The Family, Beware of the Family!""



Friends and Models



The Lady and the Fan



A City Under Siege



""As Famous as Garibaldi""



Polichinelle



""Faire Vrai, Laisser Dire""



The Last Studio



Still Lifes


Acknowledgment