The entire range of Courbet`s work, from landscapes to erotic nudes.

Gustave Courbet`s (1819-77) unconventional paintings of real people in everyday scenes came to embody values with radical implication.
Addresses the entire range of his work, including landscapes, portraits and erotic nudes.
Combines a clear reading of the paintings with a discussion of the personal, political and social framework in which they were created.
Written by an acknowledged scholar of 19th-century French art.


Amid the background of social turbulence in the mid-nineteenth century, Gustave Courbet`s unconventional paintings of real people in everyday scenes came to embody values with radical political implications. James Rubin addresses the entire range of Courbet`s work: from his hunting scenes and spirited landscapes, to his portraits and erotic nudes. He combines a clear reading of the artist`s paintings with a rigorous discussion of the unique personal, political and social framework within which they were created.