{"product_id":"manet-the-great-works-9780847876211","title":"Manet: The Great Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kathryn Calley Galitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rizzoli Electa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rizzoli Electa\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47564789186711,"sku":"9780847876211","price":3619.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780847876211.webp?v=1774694426","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/manet-the-great-works-9780847876211","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}