Manet: The Execution of Maximilian: Painting, Politics, and Censorship

by Juliet Wilson-Bareau

Book Overview

The execution by firing squad in 1867 of Maximilian, the puppet emperor installed in Mexico by Napoleon III, was to have far-reaching implications, shattering the international prestige of France and hastening the collapse of the Second Empire. For Edouard Manet, already known in Paris as a non-conformist painter, this tragic event led to a surge of anti-imperial sentiment in his work, causing him to be labeled politically dangerous as well as artistically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691032092
• ISBN13: 9780691032092
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 10.9"