{"product_id":"edouard-manet-beth-archer-brombert-9780226075440","title":"Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat","description":"\"Manet comes alive in [Brombert's] pages. . . . At times her biography reads like a substantial and detailed 19th-century novel. . . . Brombert's \u003ci\u003eEdouard Manet\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Archer Brombert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226075443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226075440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.15w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/1998 pg. 24","brand":"Beth Archer Brombert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946334519551,"sku":"9780226075440","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_55bd09f5-4002-4a96-b420-0c83c390eeef.jpg?v=1681512575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edouard-manet-beth-archer-brombert-9780226075440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}