The judgment of Paris : the revolutionary decade that gave the world Impressionism /
"Chronicles the dramatic decade between two famous exhibitions--the scandalous Salon des Refusés in 1863 and the first Impressionist showing in 1874 ... A tale of many artists, it revolves around the lives of two, described as 'the two poles of art': Ernest Meissonier, the most famous...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck,
2006.
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| Summary: | "Chronicles the dramatic decade between two famous exhibitions--the scandalous Salon des Refusés in 1863 and the first Impressionist showing in 1874 ... A tale of many artists, it revolves around the lives of two, described as 'the two poles of art': Ernest Meissonier, the most famous and successful painter of the nineteenth century, hailed for his precision and devotion to history; and Édouard Manet, reviled in his time, who nonetheless heralded the most radical change in the history of art since the Renaissance ... Ross King shows that their contest was not just about artistic expression, it was about competing visions of a world drastically changed by technology, politics, and personal freedom"--Dust jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 448 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-435) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0802714668 (hardcover : alk. paper) |