Realism: Style and Civilisation (First Edition)

Author: Linda Nochlin
Publisher: Pelican (Penguin Books), 1971
Condition: Softcover, marker streak on bottom edges, interior clean
Setting Realism in its social and historical context, this title discusses the crucial paradox posed by Realist works of art - notably in the revolutionary paintings of Courbet, the works of Manet, Degas and Monet, of the Pre-Raphaelites and other English, American, German and Italian Realists.