The most arrogant man in France Gustave Courbet and the nineteenth-century media culture by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu ISBN 13: 9780691126791

Princeton University Press. New. 2007. Hardcover. New. Dust Jacket is Fine.

Princeton University Press, 2007. Oversized Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book and dust jacket in unworn, unmarked condition.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. Cloth, x, 238 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "The modern artist strives to be independent of the public's taste--and yet depends on the public for a living. Petra Chu argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him. InThe Most Arrogant Man in France, the first comprehensive reinterpretation of Courbet in a generation, Chu tells the fascinating story of how, in the initial age of mass media and popular high art, this important artist managed to achieve an unprecedented measure of artistic and financial independence by promoting his work and himself through the popular press.The Courbet who emerges in Chu's account is a sophisticated artist and entrepreneur who understood… Read More

Princeton University Press, 2007-04-01. Hardcover. Like New. 8x0x11. my shelf location - k-4-c*

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws - clean, unmarked, tightly bound,.; x-238pp., 137 illustrations in color, b/w.. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 248 pages. 11.00x8.00x1.25 inches.

Princeton University Press, 2007-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Allen & Unwin (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). As New. 1968. Hardcover. 0691126798 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked, tight to the spine - 250+[6]pp. Description: "The Gifford Lectures on action and belief delivered at St. Andrews 1966-68. (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). -- This study of moral experience is based on Gifford Lectures delivered in Aberdeen. It begins by describing the way in which the action of human beings rises from being instinctive to being chosen. Moral problems arise when man has to choose. At different times men act for pleasure, or to obey a rule, or to obtain some benefit, or to do their duty. All these reasons are considered in the book and it is argued that they all have their place in such different levels of experience as play, law, economics, politics and personal relationship. Special consideration is given to the natur eof… Read More

Allen & Unwin (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). As New. 1968. Hardcover. 0691126798 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked, tight to the spine - 250+[6]pp. Description: "The Gifford Lectures on action and belief delivered at St. Andrews 1966-68. (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). -- This study of moral experience is based on Gifford Lectures delivered in Aberdeen. It begins by describing the way in which the action of human beings rises from being instinctive to being chosen. Moral problems arise when man has to choose. At different times men act for pleasure, or to obey a rule, or to obtain some benefit, or to do their duty. All these reasons are considered in the book and it is argued that they all have their place in such different levels of experience as play, law, economics, politics and personal relationship. Special consideration is given to the… Read More

Allen & Unwin (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). As New. 1968. Hardcover. 0691126798 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked, tight to the spine - Corresponds to ASIN: 000OKPULK. 250+[6]pp. Description: "The Gifford Lectures on action and belief delivered at St. Andrews 1966-68. (Muirhead Library of Philosophy). -- This study of moral experience is based on Gifford Lectures delivered in Aberdeen. It begins by describing the way in which the action of human beings rises from being instinctive to being chosen. Moral problems arise when man has to choose. At different times men act for pleasure, or to obey a rule, or to obtain some benefit, or to do their duty. All these reasons are considered in the book and it is argued that they all have their place in such different levels of experience as play, law, economics, politics and personal relationship. Special… Read More