{"product_id":"manet-and-the-painters-of-contemporary-life","title":"Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring the 1870s and 1880s, a loose group of French artists, including Pissarro, Monet, and Renoir, adopted a style of painting and subject matter that challenged the art prompted by the Academie Francaise and the Salons where \"official\" assumptions about the meaning of painting prevailed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat has been called \"the revolutionary nature of the Impressionist enterprise\" emerged from political radicalism, belief in science and individualism, and a view of art true to modern life and to immediate visual perception. In all these respects, Impressionism initiated the radical tendencies of modern art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday the revolutionary aims of Impressionist artists are generally overlooked. Impressionist art has been marketed more successfully than any other style: the price of Impressionist paintings surpasses that of the Old Masters, exhibitions draw blockbuster crowds, and books and mass reproductions are ubiquitous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her perceptive new survey, Belinda Thomson challenges both sentimentalized and simplistic views of Impressionism. Drawing upon recently discovered documents -- critical reviews and letters between artists, writers, and dealers -- she illuminates the thinking and the personal lives of the artists themselves, examining the factors and experiences that allowed Impressionism to develop when it did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe investigates the family background of the Impressionists, the importance of the art market and collecting, and the influence of the critical reception to their exhibitions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Krell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43042808922281,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/manet.webp?v=1682658997","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/manet-and-the-painters-of-contemporary-life","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}