Courbet
The entire range of Courbet's work, from landscapes to erotic nudes.
James H Rubin
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- Gustave Courbet's (1819-77) unconventional paintings of real people in everyday scenes came to embody values with radical implication
- Addresses the entire range of his work, including landscapes, portraits and erotic nudes
- Combines a clear reading of the paintings with a discussion of the personal, political and social framework in which they were created
- Written by an acknowledged scholar of 19th-century French art
- Paperback
- English
- 220 x 160 mm, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in
- 352 pp
- 159 colour illustrations, 56 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714831800
- ISBN-10: 0714831808
'An eloquent and intelligent account of Courbet's work. Rubin manages to find a level which makes the book relevant to present scholarship on Courbet, but also eminently accessible to undergraduate students.' (John Kear, Department of the History and Theory of Art, University of Kent at Canterbury)
'Enlightening and very readable.' (The Artist)
'Rubin writes with uncommon lucidity.' (Art Review)
'Art & Ideas has broken new ground in making accessible authoritative views on periods, movements and concepts in art. As a series it represents a real advance in publishing.' (Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate London)
'The format is wonderful and offers what had long been missing in academic studies: usable manuals for specific themes or periods...I am definitely not alone in welcoming Art & Ideas as a precious set of teaching tools.' (Joachim Pissarro, Yale University)
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