Author: Boas, George (editor)
Title: Courbet and the Naturalistic Movement: Essays Read at the Baltimore Museum of Art May 16, 17, 18, 1938 (with 2 Additional Items)
Description: Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. Hardcover. Pale green paper over boards; dark green spine with cream title block on spine; 149 pp. Numerous bw plates. 10 essays by eminent specialists: The Political and Social Background of Naturalism, Naturalism in Literature, Naturalism in Music, The Precursors of Naturalism, Courbet and His Critics, The Academic Point of View in the Second Empire, The Anti-Naturalists, Naturalism in America, Naturalism in English Painting, and Naturalism in the Graphic Arts; also included is a small program from The Johns Hopkins Playshop from a program illustrating The Influence of Naturalism on the Drama, May 17, 1938: You Can't Think of Everything and Uncle Vanya. Finally, An Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet, the catalogue of the exhibition held simultaneously from May 3 to 29th, 1938, also by Boas, comes with this lot. It includes a chronology of Courbet, 11 bw plates and a list of the 25 works shown, each described, with an essay by Boas. Three very good bits from a Courbet symposium by the Baltimore Museum of Art, plus a vintage bookmark from the J.H. Furst Company, Baltimore!. VG; boards very lightly warped .

Keywords: European Artists ; Courbet, Gustave ; ;


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