A study of the still-life paintings of French Impressionist artist Edouard Manet, discussing the influences of earlier painters and writers on Manet, the allusions hidden in his paintings, and the history and philosophy of still-life painting; and including a selection of color reproductions.
Presents a collection of full-color illustrated reproductions of eighteenth-century French artist Anne Vallayer-Coster and includes an array of still-life works, three royal portraits, and an unknown pastel of Marie-Antoinette.
Presents 137 full-color plates of still life works by C?zanne, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Gaugin, and eleven other Impressionist painters, accompanied by descriptions, and also includes five essays by noted scholars.
