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Edouard Manet, 1832-1883: The First of the Moderns (Taschen Basic Art) [Paperback]

Gilles Neret (Author)
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Taschen Basic Art March 1, 2003
This illustrated work takes a look at the wonderful world of post-impressionism through the eyes of Manet (1832-1883), painter and graphic artist.


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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Taschen (March 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 3822819492
  • ISBN-13: 978-3822819494
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific introduction to Manet, May 20, 2009
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This review is from: Edouard Manet, 1832-1883: The First of the Moderns (Taschen Basic Art) (Paperback)
Gilles Néret has written a very entertaining, insightful book on the artistic life of Edouard Manet. It's not a complete catalog of all of Manet's paintings, but it does show his most important works and places them into their cultural and art historical contexts.

The book is a lot of fun to read. Néret clearly knows the subject well, and his prose is fluid and witty. (The translation from the French suffers very few problems.) The author gives the reader a lot of credit, presenting art history details in a way that the casual reader can ignore while someone with greater exposure to the artists who influenced Manet can delve into more deeply.

Taschen has done a fine job reprinting the paintings, too. In short it's a great little book.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Value, July 10, 2006
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This review is from: Edouard Manet, 1832-1883: The First of the Moderns (Taschen Basic Art) (Paperback)
This great little book has all of Manet's paintings in it. If the text discusses it, then the picture is in there. It includes enlargements of selected areas of critical paintings and even includes paintings by others if a comparsion is made. The scholarship is excellent including placing Manet in context, except for mistaking the American Revolution for the Civil War. For $10, one cannot beat this book. Highly recommended, I couldn't put it down.
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"The role played by certain artists in the history of art can seem disproportionate, and disappointment follows." Read the first page
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Berthe Morisot, Monsieur Manet, New York, Claude Monet, Méry Laurent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bare Breasts, Antonin Proust, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fifer, The Plum, Their Garden, Albert Wolff, Bunch of Violets, Lola de Valence, Musée du Louvre, Musee du Louvre, National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian, The National Gallery, The Races
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