COURBET

Linda Nochlin is one of the most influential art historians of our time, and has played a pivotal role in feminist critique of art h istory for more than four decades. Throughout her career, she has also devoted herself to a lifelong study of Gustave Courbet, argua bly the most radical of all 19th-century painters and one of the fathers of modern art. Now, in this landmark book, every aspect of his oeuvre comes under Nochlin's scrutiny - from his vast realist depictions of provincial French life, allegorical works, and paint -encruste...[Read more]