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A brief but beautiful portfolio of images concludes each chapter of this book

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Designed for students of art history as well as conservation

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Adolph Menzel: The Quest for Reality medieval gifts polarizing criticsWerner Busch The work of Adolph Menzel (18151905) is widely regarded as the epitome of realist art. From the very beginning of his career, he captured the beauty and horror of reality with unflinching precision, and he was a consummate master of atmosphere. A man of very short stature, Menzel was excluded from many aspects of life, and so his struggle with reality was also a struggle to assert himself. Werner Buschs comprehensive new study sheds light