Manet's Contemplation at the Gare Saint-Lazare

by Harry Rand

Book Overview

The art of Edouard Manet has been called upon to support various, mostly conflicting, theories about nineteenth-century art, modernist painting, Realism, the personality and intentions of the artist, and the development of Impressionism. Manet was an exceedingly private man and left scant record of his ideas and ambitions. Harry Rand's consideration of Manet's friendship with Stephane Mallarme illuminates their shared aesthetic, and his close examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520059670
• ISBN13: 9780520059672
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.