Courbet by Xavier Bernard

Courbet by Xavier Bernard

Amid the background of social turbulence in the mid-nineteenth century, Gustave Courbet's unconventional paintings of real people in everyday scenes came to embody values with radical political implications. James Rubin addresses the entire range of Courbet's work: from his hunting scenes and spirited landscapes, to his portraits and erotic nudes. He combines a clear reading of the artist's paintings with a rigorous discussion of the unique personal, political and social framework within which they were created.

"An eloquent and intelligent account of Courbet's workRubin 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

On the Art & Ideas series

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James Rubin is Professor of Art History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and also teaches at the Cooper Union in New York City. His books include Impressionism in the Art & Ideas series, Realism and Social Vision in Courbet and Proudhon and Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets.

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ISBN 13	9780714831800
ISBN 10	0714831808
Title	Courbet
Author	Xavier Bernard
Series	Art And Ideas
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Phaidon Press Ltd
Year published	1997-05-23
Number of pages	352
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