James Ensor - The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing The Temptation of Saint Anthony - a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) that is composed of fifty-one sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto.

About the author

Susan M. Canning is professor of art history at The College of New Rochelle in New York. Kimberly J. Nichols is associate paper conservator, department of prints and drawings, at The Art Institute of Chicago. Herwig Todts is conservator of modern art at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

Summary

Describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing The Temptation of Saint Anthony - a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) that is composed of fifty-one sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto.

Product details

• Authors: Susan M. Canning, Susan M. Nichols Canning, Susan Marie Canning, Susan Marie Nichols Canning, Patrick Florizoeone, Florizoone, Patrick Florizoone, Patrick Florizöone, Nancy Ireson, Ireson Nancy, Kimberly Nichols, Nichols Kimberly
• Assisted by: Todts Herwig (Foreword)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2015
• EAN: 9780300203912
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20391-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 260 mm x 290 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago; Elgar EU Energy Law series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting