Manet/Degas

The first publication on the personal and professional relationship between Manet and Degas, two giants of nineteenth-century French art   Friends, rivals, and at times antagonists, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas maintained a pictorial dialogue throughout their lives as they both worked to define the painting of modern urban life. Manet/Degas, the first book to consider their careers in parallel, investigates how their objectives overlapped, diverged, and shaped each other’s artistic choices. Enlivened by archival correspondence and records of firsthand accounts, essays by American and French scholars take a fresh look at the artists’ family relationships, literary friendships, and interconnected social and intellectual circles in Paris; explore their complex depictions of race and class; discuss their political views in the context of wars in France and the United States; compare their artistic practices; and examine how Degas built his personal collection of works by Manet after his friend’s premature death. An illustrated biographical chronology charts their intersecting lives and careers. This lavishly illustrated, in-depth study offers an opportunity to reevaluate some of the most canonical French artworks of the nineteenth century, including Manet’s Olympia, Degas’s The Absinthe Drinker, and other masterworks.   Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press   Exhibition Schedule:   Musée d’Orsay, Paris (March 27–July 23, 2023)   The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 24, 2023–January 7, 2024)

General

Imprint:	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Stephan Wolohojian • Ashley Dunn
Contributors:	Stéphane Guégan • Denise Murrell • Haley S. Pierce • Isolde Pludermacher • Samuel Rodary
Dimensions:	279 x 241mm (L x W)
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-58839-763-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-58839-763-7
Barcode:	9781588397638

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