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Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets

Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets - Essays in Art and Culture

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Explores how the painting of Edouard Manet (1832-83) restores the primacy of the visual in art through a sense of stillness and silence. Focusing especially on his bouquets, both in still lifes and as part of other paintings, Rubin (art history, State U. of New York) examines the curious effect the paintings have. Well illustrated, including a few

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Book information

ISBN: 9780674548022
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 759.4
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 771g
Height: 242mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 23mm