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The Judgment of Paris

The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

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The Judgment of Paris

By: Ross King
Narrated by: Tristan Layton
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 While the Civil War raged in America, another very different revolution was beginning to take shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris. The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amid scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been, at its inception, quite so controversial. The drama of its birth, played out on canvas, would at times resemble a battlefield. With a novelist's skill and the insight of a historian, Ross King reveals how Impressionism would reorder both history and culture as it resonated around the world.

A tale of many artists, The Judgment of Paris revolves around the lives of two, described as "the two poles of art": Ernest Meissonier, the most famous and successful painter of the 19th century, hailed for his precision and devotion to history; and Edouard Manet, reviled in his time, who nonetheless heralded the most radical change in the history of art since the Renaissance. Out of the most fascinating story of their parallel lives, illuminated by their legendary supporters and critics, King recalls a seminal period when Paris was the artistic center of the world, and a revolutionary art movement had the power to electrify and divide a nation.

©2006 Ross King (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC Art France

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"King is a master at linking pivotal moments in art history to epic rivalries....Supremely engaging and illuminating." (Booklist)

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Truly enjoyed this well-written exploration of the 1860s and early 1870s. The final reflection, on the nature of posterity, is worth the price of admission alone… as is the story of those Parisian carrier pgieons running the gauntlet of the Prussian falcons”.

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Highly recommended

A fascinating story of this exciting art movement, juxtaposing two painters. Well written and narrated.
I had never heard of Meissonier, so, it was very educational.

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