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by TJ Clark (Author)
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  • Paperback: 396 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press; Rev. Ed edition (24 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0691009031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691009032
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The Paris of the 1860s and 1870s was supposedly a brand-new city, equipped with boulevards, cafes, parks, and suburban pleasure grounds--the birthplace of those habits of commerce and leisure that constitute "modern life." Questioning those who view Impressionism solely in terms of artistic technique, T. J. Clark describes the painting of Manet, Degas, Seurat, and others as an attempt to give form to that modernity and seek out its typical representatives--be they bar-maids, boaters, prostitutes, sightseers, or petits bourgeois lunching on the grass. The central question of The Painting of Modern Life is this: did modern painting as it came into being celebrate the consumer-oriented culture of the Paris of Napoleon III, or open it to critical scrutiny? The revised edition of this classic book includes a new preface by the author.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A classic reference about the period, 20 Jul 2009
By Artsreadings (Edinburgh, UK) - See all my reviews
Like it or not, TJ Clark's The Painting of Modern Life nowadays stands as a classic when it comes to look at late 19th-century French painting and think about art in terms of modernity, in relation with the avant-garde, bourgeois culture and values, and the urban environment.

TJ Clark's analysis is heavily connotated with Marxist theory and ways of thinking, which directs demonstrations and arguments in stimulating ways - if nonetheless slightly predictable ones.

In any case, if you are interested in Manet, and the representation of modernity, this is one book which cannot be ignored and will have to be read, if only for the sake of the literature review.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes fascinating and sometimes tiresome, 16 Sep 2008
By Nt Deregowski (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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The author has done considerable reseasch into Parisian life and culture of the 1870s and this is extremely interesting.

He elides this with a Marxist critique of various Impressionist painters. He looks extremely closely at several paintings and this can be interesting.

However Clark does not air his conclusions with much clarity. His ramblings can make very tiring reading.

Having waded through it, moreover, I feel his conculsions are often highly specious (especially on Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergeres).
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