{"product_id":"9780847876211","title":"Manet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis is a richly illustrated new volume devoted to the most important works by Édouard Manet —a pivotal figure in the emergence of Impressionism and widely considered the first modern artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith nearly one hundred seminal paintings, this publication celebrates the artist who paved the way for the Impressionist movement and the rise of modernism. Combining a radical technique with contemporary subjects, Manet’s groundbreaking works engage with modern Paris, depicting its new boulevards and fashionable parks and cafés along with a range of urban types, from ragpickers and prostitutes to barmaids and elegant Parisians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded here are the artist’s iconic scenes of modern life such as \u003ci\u003eLuncheon on the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, with its shocking juxtaposition of a female nude and a pair of fully dressed men, and \u003ci\u003eOlympia\u003c\/i\u003e, a modern reworking of Titian’s Renaissance masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eVenus of Urbino\u003c\/i\u003e, that scandalized Paris in the 1860s and established Manet as the leader of the avant-garde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book also explores Manet’s artistic legacy in the work of subsequent generations of artists, from Cézanne and Picasso to contemporary artists including Nicole Eisenman.","brand":"Kathryn Calley Galitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":48035361980628,"sku":"9780847876211","price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_855c7b90-687b-4336-9925-02e906a3bc9f.jpg?v=1780355810","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780847876211","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}