Criticized during his lifetime for both his style and his subjects, the French Édouard Manet (1832-1883) is today considered a crucial figure in the history of art : the painter who made the transition from Realism to Impressionism possible.
In his work, Manet combined a great pictorial technique with astonishingly modern images of contemporary life, centered on the most urban Paris . He portrayed the city's parks, bars and cabarets, often recreating himself in provocative and clandestine aspects. The Paris Salon rejected his Luncheon on the Grass, where fully clothed men appear next to a naked woman. And the brazen pose of a prostitute with an unchanging gaze, Olympia, a modern version of Titian's Venus of Urbino, scandalized the society of her time.
Packed with illustrations, this book introduces Manet's work and uncovers the unique way in which the painter combined Realism and Impressionism , reinterpreting the old masters as well, in a style that would become a paradigm for modernist generations to come.
Author: Gilles Neret
Binding: Hardcover
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Pages: 96
Spanish Language
