| Description |
xix, 249 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary artists and their critics |
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Contemporary artists and their critics.
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| Contents |
1. The eternal feminine -- 2. The miracle of her restored vision -- 3. Les Spectacles aux Fetes Foraines -- 4. Ambroise Vollard's show window -- 5. Leda and the swan -- 6. The clothed and the naked -- 7. The death of Sardanapalus -- 8. The whore of Babylon -- 9. Venus, venal, venality -- 10. The sacrifice of the rose -- 11. Hero and Leander -- 12. The apotheosis of Delacroix -- 13. The vicissitudes of love -- 14. Wives in crisis -- 15. Why not put the eyes at the crotch? -- 16. From whose point of view? -- 17. The sand man |
| Summary |
"Cezanne's painting The Eternal Feminine, painted in 1878, has been given considerable attention in the literature on this artist, although it has generally embarassed scholars because it suggests aspects of the artist's personality that many connoisseurs in the past would rather have repressed. The painting has been known by a variety of titles and, as Wayne Andersen has discovered, has also been altered. He traced these alterations to an art dealer who made them in an effort to render the painting more marketable. This volume is the first to interrogate the original state of The Eternal Feminine and to resolve its mysterious importance to Cezanne and, more broadly, the history of art."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906. Eternal feminine.
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Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Author |
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906.
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| LC no. |
2004045111 |
| ISBN |
052183726X HB |
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