{"product_id":"manet-gilles-nret-9783836535106","title":"Manet","description":"\u003cp\u003eLampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter \u003cstrong\u003eﾉdouard Manet\u003c\/strong\u003e (1832-1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Manet's work combined a painterly technique with strikingly modern images of contemporary life, centered on the urban Paris experience. He recorded the \u003cstrong\u003ecity's parks, bars, and cabarets, often delighting in the frisson of underground or provocative content.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Paris salon rejected his \u003cem\u003eD駛euner sur l'herbe\u003c\/em\u003e with its juxtaposition of fully dressed men and a nude woman, while the steady gaze and unabashed pose of the prostitute \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlympia\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ea very modern reworking of Titian's \u003cem\u003eVenus of Urbino\u003c\/em\u003e, caused a society scandal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This richly illustrated book introduces Manet's work and his uniquely influential combination of Realism, Impressionism, and reworked Old Masters that would become \u003cstrong\u003eparadigms of a brave new world for generations of modernists \u003c\/strong\u003eto come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilles N駻et\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3836535106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783836535106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Gilles N駻et","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051133661439,"sku":"9783836535106","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11b67a35-5306-4ca7-9271-433049f9e616.jpg?v=1685011290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manet-gilles-nret-9783836535106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}