Publisher description for Manet's contemplation at the Gare Saint-Lazare / Harry Rand.
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The art of Edouard Manet has been called upon to support various, mostly conflicting, theories about nineteenth-century art, modernist painting, Realism, the personality and intentions of the artist, and the development of Impressionism. Manet was an exceedingly private man and left scant record of his ideas and ambitions. Harry Rand's consideration of Manet's friendship with Stephane Mallarme illuminates their shared aesthetic, and his close examination of the pictorial organization of a particular painting, the Gare Saint-Lazare (also known as The Railway), yields unmistakable clues to Manet's thoughts about painting, literature, and society.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883, Gare Saint-Lazare, Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883 Criticism and interpretation, Impressionism (Art) France, Naturalism in art France, Railroad stations France Paris Pictorial works, Railroads in art, Mallarmâe, Stâephane, 1842-1898 Criticism and interpretation