The painting of modern life : Paris in the art of Manet and his followers / T.J. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, T. J. (Timothy J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impressionism (Art)--France--Paris.

Impressionism (Art).

Painting, French--France--Paris.

Painting, French.

Painting, French--19th century--France--Paris.

France--Paris.

Paris (France)--In art.

Paris (France).

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883--Influence.

Manet, Édouard.

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.

Physical Description:

xxx, 338 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.

Summary:

The Paris of the 1860s and 1870s was supposedly a brand-new city, equipped with boulevards, café s, parks, and suburban pleasure grounds--the birthplace of those habits of commerce and leisure that constitute "modern life." Questioning those who view Impressionism solely in terms of artistic technique, T. J. Clark describes the painting of Manet, Degas, Seurat, and others as an attempt to give form to that modernity and seek out its typical representatives--be they bar-maids, boaters, prostitutes, sightseers, or "petits bourgeois" lunching on the grass. The central question of "The Painting of Modern Life" is this: did modern painting as it came into being celebrate the consumer-oriented culture of the Paris of Napoleon III, or open it to critical scrutiny? The revised edition of this classic book includes a new preface by the author.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The View from Notre-Dame 23

Chapter 2 Olympia's Choice 79

Chapter 3 The Environs of Paris 147

Chapter 4 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-324) and index.

ISBN:

0691009031

OCLC:

41231544