{"product_id":"2026770001046-secondhand-gustave-courbet-his-life-and-art","title":"Gustave Courbet: His Life And Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased and faded spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed work of art history and biography, Jack Lindsay's study chronicles the life and revolutionary career of Gustave Courbet, the nineteenth-century French painter who became the defining force behind the Realist movement. Lindsay presents Courbet not merely as an artist but as a fiercely political figure whose monumental canvases — depicting peasants, laborers, and the raw textures of everyday life — were acts of deliberate defiance against the academic and aristocratic establishments of his time. Drawing on letters, contemporary criticism, and historical context, the narrative uncovers the contradictions of a man who was simultaneously boastful and visionary, provincial and cosmopolitan, deeply rooted in the Franche-Comté landscape yet at the center of Parisian avant-garde culture. Lindsay argues that Courbet's art cannot be separated from his radical socialist convictions, tracing how those beliefs shaped his brushwork, his subject matter, and ultimately his tragic exile following the Paris Commune of 1871. Written with scholarly authority and genuine passion for its subject, this biography stands as an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the man who declared, I am a Courbetist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820231667931,"sku":"2026770001046-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/deae4b3b-770a-494e-95ba-020a158ad07a.png?v=1780054869","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770001046-secondhand-gustave-courbet-his-life-and-art","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}