Manet and the modern tradition / Anne Coffin Hanson
1977, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Light foxing to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #466486
ISBN: 0300019548
Physical description; xvii, 222 pages, [40] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color). Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Partial contents The turning point -- Predictions for the future -- Modern life -- Manet's reactions -- The range of Manet's subject matter -- Genre : the Parisian type -- Still life -- Portraits -- Costume pieces -- The nude -- History painting -- Modern history : scenes of 'La vie moderne' -- The critics' views; The historians' sources; Definition of terms -- Traditional picture construction -- Manet's picture construction -- Composition -- Japanese art -- Photography -- Manet's 'compositional difficulties'. Subjects; Manet, Édouard 1832-1883. Manet, Édouard 1832-1883 Criticism and interpretation. Manet, Edouard. 1800-1899. Modernism (Art) France. Painting, French 19th century. Art, Modern 19th century History.
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