Hurray for Courbet

The library has just received on approval (so we need a few days to process it to be shelf ready for check-out!) the Met's catalog of its current exhibit of Gustave Courbet.

The book itself is lush. 408 pages, 506 illustrations, 470 of them in color!

If you are longing for more Courbet but don't find it convenient to pop over to NYC, you can have a virtual visit including podcast here: http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

Here's a brief description of what awaits you (from the site):

"This is the first full retrospective of the French artist Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) in thirty years, presenting some 130 works by this pioneering figure in the history of modernism, from his seminal manifesto paintings of the 1850s to the views of his native Ornans and portraits of his friends and family. The exhibition also includes a selection of nineteenth-century photographs that relate to Courbet's work, especially his landscapes and nudes. The works are drawn from public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad."

The exhibit is up unti May 18th, in case you decide you must see it in person!