Manet's 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'

Edouard Manet's controversial painting "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" is one of the best known images in French art. The subject of critical analysis for more than a century, it still defies singular interpretations. These essays, written specially for this volume by the leading scholars of French modern art, therefore offer six different readings of the painting, incorporating close examinations of its radical style and novel subject, relevant historical developments and archival material, as well as biographical evidence that prompts psychological inquiries.

• Essays treating one of the most famous paintings in modern art
• Combines a variety of art historical techniques
• Joins published titles in the Masterpieces in Western Painting series