{"product_id":"gustave-courbet-gerstle-mack-9780306803758","title":"Gustave Courbet","description":"No biographer could ask for a more colorful or difficult subject than the painter and revolutionary Gustave Courbet. One of the fathers of Realism, a style he created with his huge canvases of his birthplace in Ornans (\u003ci\u003eAfter Dinner at Ornans, \u003c\/i\u003e 1949; \u003ci\u003eFuneral at Ornans, \u003c\/i\u003e 1850, and \u003ci\u003eThe Stonebreakers, \u003c\/i\u003e 1850), Courbet chose his subjects from ordinary life and portrayed them with the same monumental dignity as the great men of history. A man with big appetites for life, women, and politics, he frequently found himself at odds with French authorities, especially during the period of the Commune when he and his friends pulled down the Vendome Column. Impressionism and Modernism would be unthinkable without his fierce opposition to the academies of art. This biography by one of the most reliable students of French art paints a large and fascinating canvas, which Courbet dominates but never overwhelms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerstle Mack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306803755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306803758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.89h x 5.85w x 1.07d","brand":"Gerstle Mack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946409525503,"sku":"9780306803758","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_575722f9-e208-4b0a-a4c2-347b0f4c223c.jpg?v=1681512986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gustave-courbet-gerstle-mack-9780306803758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}