{"product_id":"edouard-manet-rebel-in-a-frock-coat-9780226075440","title":"Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat","description":"\"Manet comes alive in [Brombert's] pages. . . . At times her biography reads like a substantial and detailed 19th-century novel. . . . Brombert's \u003ci\u003eEdouard Manet\u003c\/i\u003e gives us not only a portrait of a complex artist but, in its authority and its range, a portrait of an age as well.\"-James R. Mellow, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the pleasures of reading her is to follow the way she weaves life, art and history into a smooth tapestry. The art emerges from the life, and in the broadest possible context: in terms of its creator's life and concerns and in terns of its historical and cultural setting.\"-Eric Gibson, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Richly detailed and informative . . . [this biography] exposes the character of an artist who maintained a sharply defined duality between his public and private personas.\"-Edward J. Sozanski, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brombert's reading of important canvasses . . . shine, as do her accounts of the changing social and political environment in which Manet worked. . . . Well researched, complexly conceived, and clearly written.\"-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant . . . [this book] grants us a far deeper understanding of why [Manet's] paintings outraged so many of his peers, and why these same masterpieces resonate so richly in our psyches a century later.\"-\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Archer Brombert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.15w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226075440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/1998 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeth Archer Brombert is the author of the critically acclaimed biography Christina: Portraits of a Princess, the novel A Concert of Hells, and The Voice of Things, her edition and translation of Francis Ponge. Her travel pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and other publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812761399411,"sku":"9780226075440","price":52.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ba92e1b4-7c5a-48c1-843b-fc49c2eab2fc.jpg?v=1776777058","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/edouard-manet-rebel-in-a-frock-coat-9780226075440","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}