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On Modern Beauty: Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cezanne (Paperback) Loot Price: R539
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On Modern Beauty: Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cezanne (Paperback): Richard R. Brettell

On Modern Beauty: Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cezanne (Paperback)

Richard R. Brettell

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A thought-provoking examination of beauty using three works of art by Manet, Gauguin, and Cézanne. As the discipline of art history has moved away from connoisseurship, the notion of beauty has become increasingly problematic. Both culturally and personally subjective, the term is difficult to define and nearly universally avoided. In this insightful book, Richard R. Brettell, one of the leading authorities on Impressionism and French art of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dares to confront the concept of modern beauty head-on. This is not a study of aesthetic philosophy, but rather a richly contextualized look at the ambitions of specific artists and artworks at a particular time and place.

Brettell shapes his manifesto around three masterworks from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Édouard Manet’s Jeanne (Spring), Paul Gauguin’s Arii Matamoe (The Royal End), and Paul Cézanne’s Young Italian Woman at a Table. The provocative discussion reveals how each of these exceptional paintings, though depicting very different subjects—a fashionable actress, a preserved head, and a weary working woman—enacts a revolutionary, yet enduring, icon of beauty.

General

Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2019
Authors: Richard R. Brettell
Dimensions: 221 x 164 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 978-1-60606-606-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN: 1-60606-606-4
Barcode: 9781606066065

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