Most arrogant man in france, the: gustave courbet and the nineteenth-century media culture
Auteur :
Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691126791
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2007
Dimensions :
27,9 x 20,3 cm
Poids :
1247 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The modern artist strives to be independent of the publicness taste - and yet depends on the public for a living. This book argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him.