Current interest in the unexplored iconography of early modern art has led to many suggestive interpretations of the work of Manet. Recent scholarship has given us partial answers to the problems posed by his art through investigations of single images or isolated aspects of his creative processes. This study examines the full range of Manet's production with special emphasis on those masterworks which established his reputation - Le Dejeuner sur I'herbe and Olympia.In an analysis that explores Manet's relationship to his visual and literary sources, popular imagery, and culture, the author establishes a challenging insight into a complex creative personality. As a result, Manet's early stylistic innovations are revealed as inseparable from his thematic content and the problem of its communication. By his perception of fundamental and timeless themes beneath the rich variety of Manet's imagery of modern life, Professor Mauner has been able to regroup the pictures along thematic lines and arrive at an image of the artist quite different from the familiar one.

Manet, Peintre-Philosophe: A Study of the Painter's Themes

Mauner, George

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

A companion volume to a landmark exhibition presents the still-life paintings of the great Impressionist master Edouard Manet, including a wide variety of oil paintings, watercolors, and prints, as well as an essay by Henri Loyrette, director of the MusTe d'Orsay, on the artist and his work.

Manet: The Still Life Paintings

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Harry N. Abrams

Of all the paintings by the Impressionist master Edouard Manet (1832-1883), nearly one-fifth are still lifes, a genre the artist himself considered "the touchstone of painting." This sumptuous volume, first published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore and at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, is the first major book to focus on this crucial aspect of Manet's work. Throughout his career, and especially later in his life, Manet devoted considerable energy to still lifes, producing oils, watercolors, and prints that unite exuberant personal expression with a flawless mastery of light and detail. With informative text, including an enlightening essay by Henri Loyrette, director of the Musee d'Orsay, Manet: The Still-Life Paintings features lush, full-page colorplates as well as full-bleed details of what some critics consider the finest examples of still-life painting ever executed.

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Manet, Peintre-Philosophe: A Study of the Painter's Themes

Manet: The Still Life Paintings

Manet: The Still Life Paintings