J. Paul Getty Museum, Date: 2010-09-14. Paperback. Good. 2010. J. Paul Getty Museum ISBN 1606060384 9781606060384 [US]

J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, Date: 2010. Paperback. New. 168 pages. 9.40x6.00x0.40 inches. 2010. J Paul Getty Museum Pubns ISBN 1606060384 9781606060384 [GB]

Museum Publications. New. Date: 2010. Paperback. 1606060384 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, like new, pristine, never opened -- 168 pages; 8 color and 27 black and white illustrations. Description: "Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was an undisputed professional success during his lifetime. Crowds flocked to see his vividly rendered historical and Orientalist compositions, and thanks to the mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he reached audiences on an unprecedented scale. From the outset, however, his success met with critical hostility. Émile Zola, champion of Édouard Manet, dismissed Gérôme as a cynical manufacturer of anecdotal images for popular consumption—a critique repeatedly echoed by historians of modern art. In light of revisionist and postmodern trends over the past four decades, however, Gérôme's work is now being approached with unprecedented seriousness and refreshing creativity. The ten essays in this volume go far in challenging critical biases against the artist and suggesting new avenues of research. These papers indeed suggest that we are just beginning to learn how to 'read' Gérôme's paintings in their full complexity." -- with a bonus offer-- . 2010. Museum Publications ISBN 1606060384 ...