Courbet A&i

by Rubin, James Henry

• ISBN13: 9780714831800
• ISBN10: 0714831808
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-23
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Few artists have been so directly invoved in the events of their time asustave Courbert. Amid the social transformations of the mid-19th century,ourberts unconventional and stark paintings came to embody values withadical political implications.;Rebuffed by the Parisian art world andttacked as a"Realist", he seized upon that name to assert his sympathy forrdinary citizens and their down-to-earth experience. Coubert paintedubjects from the world around him: from rural labourersand family gatheringso sensuous landscapes, hunting scenes, still lifes, portraits and eroticudes.;James Rubin addresses the full range of Courbet's work and combines alose reading of the paintings with a discussion of the personal, political,conomic and social circumstances in which they were created.

Author Biography

James Rubin is Professor of Art History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and also teaches at the Cooper Union in New York City. His books include Impressionism in the Art & Ideas series, Realism and Social Vision in Courbet and Proudhon and Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets.

Table of Contents

Introduction Realist and Visionary	4	(3)
1 The Desperate Man Identity Crisis in Bohemian Paris	7	(42)
2 Gutter Art The Stonebreakers and Political Upheaval	49	(24)
3 Down-to-Earth Death Realism Defined by A Burial at Ornans	73	(28)
4 Mirrors of the People Realist Series and Meeting Independence	101	(31)
5 Autobiography and Social Vision World Prophecy from the Studio	133	(22)
6 Realism as Language and Attitude A Manifesto and its Contexts	155	(20)
7 Manhood and Women Models and Mistresses, Prostitutes and Wives	175	(42)
8 Truth to Nature and to Home The Outdoors and its Consumers	217	(52)
9 Courbet Non Grata The Vendome Column, Prison and Exile	269	(36)
10 The Example of Courbet Courbetism's Legacy and the Avant-Garde	305	(25)
Glossary	330	(3)
Brief Biographies	333	(3)
Key Dates	336	(4)
Map	340	(1)
Further Reading	341	(4)
Index	345	(5)
Acknowledgements	350