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Manet's Modernism: or, The Face of Painting in the 1860s (Hardcover)

by Michael Fried (Author) "IF A SINGLE question is guiding for our understanding of Manet's art during the first half of the 1860s, it is this: What are we..." (more)
Key Phrases: absorptive closure, seated violinist, ocular realism, Old Musician, Édouard Manet, Tomb of Christ (more...)
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Our current understanding of the paintings of Manet is so heavily filtered through the lens of Impressionism that in many ways, his contributions to art history have been obscured. Called the "first modernist," his paintings marked a break with the past and paved the way for what we've come to accept as modern art in the treatment of the canvas as a flat surface. But during his time, Manet's modernist innovations were the object of ridicule. "It's flat, it isn't modeled," said Courbet of the nude in the painting Olympia. "It's like the Queen of Hearts after a bath." In Manet's Modernism, Michael Fried has set out to see Manet as his contemporaries would have seen him and to gain a more accurate reading of Manet's place in history.

The New York Times Book Review, Arthur C. Danto
... at once exciting, heroic and difficult ... It is art history of the highest originality and distinction.

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 676 pages
  • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (July 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0226262162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226262161
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #526,069 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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