Manet

Few artists haved created as much controversy as Manet: his avant-garde work not only challenged the tramsitions of art, but also addressed society as a whole. With his painting Olymphia (1869), he was to become, to quote Degas, "as famous as Garibaldi." Manet's evolution from diffident son of a bourgeois family to the father of both realism and impressionism is a complex story that has too often been overlooked. This lavishly illustrated volume offers some re3medy in this singularly comprehensive study of the artist. Illus., 300 color/b&w. 412p. In slipcase.