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- Author: Beth Archer Brombert
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226075443
- ISBN-13: 9780226075440
- Format: 15.6 x 23.8 x 2.7 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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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 biography] exposes the character of an artist who maintained a sharply defined duality between his public and private personas.--Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer Brombert's reading of important canvasses . . . shine, as do her accounts of the changing social and political environment in which Manet worked. . . . Well researched, complexly conceived, and clearly written.--Kirkus Reviews Brilliant . . . [this book] grants us a far deeper understanding of why [Manet's] paintings outraged so many of his peers, and why these same masterpieces resonate so richly in our psyches a century later.--Booklist, starred reviewEXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Beth Archer Brombert
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226075443
- ISBN-13: 9780226075440
- Format: 15.6 x 23.8 x 2.7 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
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 biography] exposes the character of an artist who maintained a sharply defined duality between his public and private personas.--Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer Brombert's reading of important canvasses . . . shine, as do her accounts of the changing social and political environment in which Manet worked. . . . Well researched, complexly conceived, and clearly written.--Kirkus Reviews Brilliant . . . [this book] grants us a far deeper understanding of why [Manet's] paintings outraged so many of his peers, and why these same masterpieces resonate so richly in our psyches a century later.--Booklist, starred review
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