{"product_id":"manet-by-gilles-neret-9783836535106","title":"Manet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter \u003cb\u003eÉdouard Manet\u003c\/b\u003e (1832-1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eManet's work combined a painterly technique with strikingly modern images of contemporary life, centred on the urban Paris experience. He recorded the \u003cb\u003ecity's parks, bars, and cabarets,\u003c\/b\u003e often delighting in the frisson of underground or provocative content. The Paris salon rejected his \u003cem\u003eDéjeuner sur l'herbe\u003c\/em\u003e, with its juxtaposition of fully dressed men and a nude woman, while the steady gaze and unabashed pose of the prostitute \u003cb\u003eOlympia\u003c\/b\u003e, a very modern reworking of Titian's \u003cem\u003eVenus of Urbino\u003c\/em\u003e, caused a society scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated book introduces Manet's work and his uniquely influential combination of Realism, Impressionism, and reworked Old Masters that would become \u003cb\u003eparadigms of a brave new world for generations of modernists\u003c\/b\u003e to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431525695724,"sku":"9783836535106","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836535106.jpg?v=1774557623","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/manet-by-gilles-neret-9783836535106","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}