Courbet

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The product of a lifetime's scholarship: Linda Nochlin's complete writings on Courbet's work.
Linda Nochlin is one of the most influential art historians of our time. For more than four decades, she has been at the forefront of the feminist critique of art history, playing a pivotal role in shaping the course of the discipline. Ever since completing a doctorate on Gustave Courbet in the early 1960s, she has devoted herself to a lifelong study of the artist, arguably the most radical of all nineteenth-century painters and one of the fathers of modern art.
Now, in this landmark volume, every aspect of Courbet's oeuvre comes under Nochlin's scrutiny--from his vast realist depictions of provincial French life, allegorical works, and paint-encrusted landscapes to his dark, brooding portraits, sensual nudes, and earthy still lifes. In a specially written introduction, she considers Courbet's lasting impact not only on later painting but also on the practice of art history itself.
With essays spanning forty years, "Courbet" is much more than a monograph on a single artist. It is also the story of the intellectual development of one of our leading writers on the visual arts. 130 illustrations, 10 in color.
 

Introduction: Courbet, the Real Allegoryp. 6Innovation and Tradition in Courbet's: A Burial at Ornansp. 19Gustave Courbet's Meeting: A Portrait of the Artist as a Wandering Jewp. 29Gustave Courbet's Toilette de la Marieep. 55Color Plates 1-9p. 65Courbet, the Commune, and the Visual Artsp. 84The Cribleuses de ble: Courbet, Millet, Breton, Kollwitz, and the Image of the Working Womanp. 95In Detail: Courbet's A Burial at Ornansp. 109The De-Politicization of Gustave Courbet: Transformation and Rehabilitation under the Third Republicp. 116Courbet, Oller and a Sense of Place: The Regional, the Provincial, and the Picturesque in Nineteenth-Century Artp. 128Color Plates 10-14p. 137Courbet's L'Origine du monde: The Origin without an Originalp. 145Courbet's Real Allegory: Rereading The Painter's Studiop. 153Courbet and his Territory: How Landscape Meansp. 186Notesp. 207Picture Creditsp. 222Indexp. 222Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.