Manet's 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'

Download or read book Manet's 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' written by Paul Hayes Tucker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-02-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edouard Manet's controversial painting "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" is one of the best known images in French art. The subject of critical analysis for more than a century, it still defies singular interpretations. These essays, written specially for this volume by the leading scholars of French modern art, therefore offer six different readings of the painting, incorporating close examinations of its radical style and novel subject, relevant historical developments and archival material, as well as biographical evidence that prompts psychological inquiries.