Pierre Courthion Knihy

Ve zkratce a s velkým citem pro tu nevšední umělcovu osobnost, vzácně v sobě spojující vášeň rozbouřeného nitra i přesnost řádu, vypodobňuje životopisec malířův životní příběh a jeho růst v ideji i praxi výtvarného výrazu.Románová bezprostřednost při postižení živých situací, vnějších i vnitřních zápasů, je tu faktorem mocně sbližujícím čtenáře s hrdinou knihy. Je to citlivé představení výjimečného lidského osudu od dětství mládí a prvotníchromantických tendencí až po jejich transpozici "do heroického tónu " a zralost věku i díla.

Traces the development of the Impressionist movement in art and discusses the contrasts and similarities between such artists as Degas, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley

Edouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the greatest, as well as one of the most interesting, of nineteenth century French painters. Acute observation, an extraordinary skilful handling of paint and a feeling for exquisite harmonies of colour makes his work both vivid and enchanting. It is also of great significance in the story of European painting, since Manet, a pioneer in depicting modern life in a modern style, was a formative influence on the whole impressionist movement.  Olympia  and  The Picnic  are among the key works of the nineteenth century.These, and many other crucial points – among them Manet’s personality, with its many contradictions - are fully discussed by John Richardson in his introductory essay, an abridged version of the brilliant text which was widely admired when it was first published in 1958 and which started a full-scale revival of Manet studies.Richardson's classic text was first revised in 1982, with notes to the forty-eight colour plates by Kathleen Adler and comparative illustrations to emphasize the quality, variety and character of Manet’s work. This perfect introduction to the work of such an influential painter is now reissued in an attractive new design.

The concise edition of a book on Impressionism, the name given to the major artistic phenomenon of the 19th century and the first of the Modern Movements.