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On Modern Beauty: Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cézanne Paperback – June 11, 2019

by Richard R. Brettell (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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A thought-provoking examination of beauty using three works of art by Manet, Gauguin, and Cézanne. As the discipline of art history has moved away from connoisseurship, the notion of beauty has become increasingly problematic. Both culturally and personally subjective, the term is difficult to define and nearly universally avoided. In this insightful book, Richard R. Brettell, one of the leading authorities on Impressionism and French art of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dares to confront the concept of modern beauty head-on. This is not a study of aesthetic philosophy, but rather a richly contextualized look at the ambitions of specific artists and artworks at a particular time and place.
 
Brettell shapes his manifesto around three masterworks from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Édouard Manet’s Jeanne (Spring), Paul Gauguin’s Arii Matamoe (The Royal End), and Paul Cézanne’s Young Italian Woman at a Table. The provocative discussion reveals how each of these exceptional paintings, though depicting very different subjects—a fashionable actress, a preserved head, and a weary working woman—enacts a revolutionary, yet enduring, icon of beauty.
 
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  1. Print length
    116 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    J. Paul Getty Museum
  4. Publication date
    June 11, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.4 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1606066064
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1606066065
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“On Modern Beauty is a well-illustrated and thought-provoking book about different aspects of beauty in French painting of the period.”
  ― Alexander Adams Art

“An extraordinarily ambitious . . . commentary, one of those rare revelatory art history books that opens your eyes, and, it can be said, a real page-turner, a clichéd phrase that only applies very rarely, in my experience, to art history writing.”
  ― Hyperallergic

“Brettell’s skill at leading the viewer through formal as well as art historical details of certain paintings can be eye-opening to both novice students of art appreciation as well as art historians and curators, leading them to a lifetime of aesthetic pleasure.”
  -- Caroline Boyle-Turner ― H-France

About the Author

Richard R. Brettell, the founding director of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History and the Margaret McDermott Chair of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, passed away in 2020.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ J. Paul Getty Museum; 1st edition (June 11, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 116 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1606066064
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1606066065
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.4 x 8.75 inches
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  • Ruth K Meyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Curatorial insights on 3 stars of late Impressionism
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020
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    Rick Brettel is a skilled analyst of modern art and focuses here on three paintings that have subtle relationships.
    His arguments are penetrating and read well with a little speculative spice to give them freshness and relevance to current discussions of Impressionism and Post Impressionism. The chapter on Gauguin is most important because of
    recent attempts to "remove" him from the canon because of his sexual behavior. @MeToo misapplied.
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  • J. Huber
    5.0 out of 5 stars Master lecturer captured in print
    Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022
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    This is Brettell’s final book and the one that best captures him as a master lecturer. His broad knowledge and infectious enthusiasm make every sentence a treasure. Your experience is even better if you view the related YouTube videos.
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  • J. Muckley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Essays on Beauty in Modern Art
    Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019
    Richard R. Brettell poses three questions which he seeks to answer in his art history book, "On Modern Beauty": Is beauty transitory? Is beauty immemorial? Is beauty beyond time? His book is a collection of three essays with the aim to answer these questions using modern works of art from Edouard Manet, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne, compared with other works of art from other eras and how they might answer these same questions.

    It is a fascinating study on both the time these pieces were created and the essential questions posed to understand the meaning of art and the changes in time as different eras of art communicate new ideas.

    I enjoyed the discussion Mr. Brettell engaged his readers in and learned a lot from this book.

    I received this eBook free of charge from Getty Publications via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.
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