Gustave Courbet - Ulf Küster
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A splendid volume featuring the work of Gustave Courbet, the great reviver of French nineteenth-century art, whose lifelike images continue to fascinate a diverse audience. The life and works of Gustave Courbet (1819 1877) widely considered one of the most outstanding advocates of Realism represent a revolt against the academic tradition of painting and conservative politics. Technically masterful, his captivating paintings contrasted the idealization of nature with realistic representation, often triggering downright scandal among his contemporaries. By examining Courbet s major works self-portraits, portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, nudes, hunting scenes, still lifes this splendid volume spans the Frenchman s entire artistic career and his involvement with politics. Renowned experts shed light on his development of a realistic, critical style, describe his great influence on both contemporaries and later generations, and consider his works in their own art-historical context, as well as his relationsh...
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2014Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag192 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3775738630ISBN-13: 9783775738637Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Published for an exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler, this volume concentrates on Gustav Courbet's position as the first avant-garde painter. With his provocative canvases and his emphasis on the artist as individual, Courbet was a crucial precursor of modernism who broke with the conventions of traditional academic training. Featuring self-portraits, representations of women and pictures of grottos and seascapes, this volume highlights Courbet's innovative implementation of color and his strategic use of a...
