Manet/Degas
Manet/Degas by Stephan Wolohojian, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 18, 2023, is a comprehensive exploration of the artistic relationship between Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. This edition spans 316 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the dynamic interplay between these two influential artists, examining how their careers influenced one another while they sought to define modern urban life through their work.
Readers will find a detailed investigation into the overlapping and diverging objectives of Manet and Degas, enriched by archival correspondence and firsthand accounts. The essays by American and French scholars provide insights into their family ties, literary friendships, and the social and intellectual circles of Paris. The book also addresses their complex portrayals of race and class, their political perspectives amid historical conflicts, and the evolution of their artistic practices. Additionally, an illustrated biographical chronology highlights key moments in their intertwined lives, offering a fresh perspective on significant French artworks from the nineteenth century, including notable pieces like Manet’s Olympia and Degas’s The Absinthe Drinker.
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Friends, rivals, and at times antagonists, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas maintained a pictorial dialogue throughout their lives as they both worked to define the painting of modern urban life. Manet/Degas, the first book to consider their careers in parallel, investigates how their objectives overlapped, diverged, and shaped each other’s artistic choices. Enlivened by archival correspondence and records of firsthand accounts, essays by American and French scholars take a fresh look at the artists’ family relationships, literary friendships, and interconnected social and intellectual circles in Paris; explore their complex depictions of race and class; discuss their political views in the context of wars in France and the United States; compare their artistic practices; and examine how Degas built his personal collection of works by Manet after his friend’s premature death. An illustrated biographical chronology charts their intersecting lives and careers. This lavishly illustrated, in-depth study offers an opportunity to reevaluate some of the most canonical French artworks of the nineteenth century, including Manet’s Olympia, Degas’s The Absinthe Drinker, and other masterworks.
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