Cezanne and the Eternal Feminine

Informationen zum Autor Wayne Andersen is Professor Emeritus of History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of a number of volumes on aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century art, most recently Picasso's Brothel: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and The Youth of Cézanne and Zola. Klappentext This volume explores the alteration of C zanne's The Eternal Feminine and its importance to the history of art. Zusammenfassung Cézanne's painting The Eternal Feminine has been known by a variety of titles and, as Wayne Andersen has discovered, has also been altered. This volume is the first to interrogate the original state of The Eternal Feminine and to resolve its mysterious importance to Cézanne and the history of art. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The eternal feminine; 2. The miracle of her restored vision; 3. Les Spectacles des Fêtes 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 eose; 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.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne Andersen, Wayne (Massachusetts Institute of Techno Andersen, Wayne V. Andersen, Andersen Wayne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2005
• EAN: 9780521837262
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83726-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Contemporary Artists and their Critics; Contemporary Artists and Their; Contemporary Artists and their Critics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Impressionism, Paintings and painting, Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism