Courbet
By: James H. Rubin.
Series: Art & ideas
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Courbet, Gustave, -- 1819-1877 -- Criticism and interpretation; Realism in art -- France; Art and society -- France; Painters -- France
Description: The story of Gustave Courbet who, "rebuffed by the Parisian art world and attacked as a 'Realist, ' seized upon that name to assert his radical sympathy for ordinary citizens and their down-to-earth experience."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and index.