Manet es uno de los artistas maacute;s famosos de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX; ligado por lo general a los impresionistas; aunque en realidad no era uno de ellos. Tuvo gran influencia en la pintura francesa; en parte por la eleccioacute;n de sus temas; que sacaba de la vida cotidiana; pero tambieacute;n por el uso de los colores puros y por su teacute;cnica raacute;pida y libre. En su propia obra se materializoacute; la transicioacute;n entre el realismo de Courbet y los impresionistas.Nacioacute; en la alta burguesiacute;a; decidioacute; convertirse en pintor despueacute;s de no haber podido ingresar en la Academia Naval. Estudioacute; con Thomas Couture; un pintor de la Academia; pero fue gracias a los numerosos viajes que realizoacute; por Europa desde 1852 que comenzoacute; a establecer lo que se convertiriacute;a en su propio estilo. Sus primeras pinturas fueron sobre todo retratos y escenas de geacute;nero; inspiradas por su amor por los maestros espantilde;oles como Velaacute;zquez y Goya. En 1863 presentoacute; su obra maestra Desayuno en la hierba en el Salon des Refuseacute;s. Su obra comenzoacute; una lucha entre los defensores del arte acadeacute;mico y los joacute;venes artistas ldquo;refuseacute;srdquo; (rechazados). Manet se convirtioacute; en liacute;der de esta nueva generacioacute;n de artistas.Desde 1864; el Saloacute;n oficial aceptoacute; sus pinturas; que todaviacute;a causaban fuertes protestas por obras como Olimpia en 1865. En 1866; el escritor Zolaacute; publicoacute; un artiacute;culo en el que defendiacute;a la obra de Manet. Por aquel entonces; Manet era amigo de todos los futuros maestros del impresionismo: Edgar Degas; Claude Monet; Auguste Renoir; Alfred Sisley; Camille Pissarro y Paul Ceacute;zanne; influyoacute; en el trabajo de todos; aunque no se le puede considerar estrictamente como uno de ellos. De hecho; en 1874 se negoacute; a presentar sus pinturas en la primera exhibicioacute;n impresionista. Su uacute;ltima aparicioacute;n en el Saloacute;n oficial fue en 1882; con La barra del Folies-Bergegrave;re; una de sus pinturas maacute;s famosas. Aquejado de gangrena en 1883; pintoacute; naturalezas muertas con flores hasta que estuvo demasiado deacute;bil para trabajar. Murioacute; dejando un legado de gran cantidad de dibujos y pinturas.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting look at the mob and musicBy Mary HIf I had been a singer or songwriter back in the 50s to 80s; I sure wouldnt have wanted my contract controlled by Morris Levy. This is a great look at how the mob; through Levy; got their hooks into unsuspecting creatives. Especially true for those with no money management skills and substance abuse problems. Its a wonder they got any money at all.I originally heard of Levy in Tommy James memoir (Me; the Mob and the Music). James has a grudging affection for Levy; who screwed him out of millions. He does seem to have a sort of honest; Mafia-type charm.Carlin; the author of Godfather of the Music Business; tells the history of Levys record operations in an interesting way; lots of facts. I wish he had gone into Levys personal life more. He was married several times and had a number of children. Still; the books a good read; even for people like me who know little about the record industry.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Great read!By J. RosnerFascinating stuff despite some errors in terminology. Couldnt put it down - interesting as both a biography and general history of the music business.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Miss On Moishe Fact filled ;well written bio reveals nothing new.By BDavidMcNothing new bared here many recycled items culled from existing works by Tommy James/Martin Fitzpatrick;John A.Jackson; Larry McShane et.al. The stories are entertaining as Moishe was a true character no embellishments necessary. Joel Selvins "Here Comes The Night" uncovers more arcane Levy-abillia; touching on Bert Berns dealings w/him; than Carlin manages.Nonetheless; the book does succeed in holding the reader eager to uncover more ; his interactions w/Vinnie "The Chin" Gigante and the rest of the central casting types from the Genovese family;for example;disappointingly ;what is revealed is neither revelatory nor new. The Alan Freed/Morris Levy partnership is described in depth depicting just how entrenched Levy was when the segue from rhythm and blues/race records into rock n roll was imminent. Moreeover;his accuracy in smelling a score having an Alan Freed positioned both as co-producer of Freeds Rock NRoll shows and Freeds nightly radio show on 1010 WINS breaking new records by Roulette recording artists. For the uninitiated; the book delivers somewhat as advertised but for the more fact finding ;discerning few alas; it comes up a tad short. 2 1/2 stars( rating system doesnt register fractions).
