Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine

ISBN-13: 9780521837262 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 266 str.

Wayne V. Andersen

Opis

Painted in 1878, Cezanne's The Eternal Feminine, has been known by a variety of titles and, as Wayne Andersen discovered, has also been altered. Andersen traced these alterations to an art dealer who made them in an effort to render the painting more marketable. His study focuses on the significance of the original state of The Eternal Feminine in an effort to resolve its mysterious importance to Cezanne and, more broadly, the history of art.

Recenzje

"As a treasure trove of myths and images reflecting prurient male sexuality in high art, this study richly records a facet of nineteenth-century French cultural history." - Laurence M. Porter, Michigan State University

Spis treści

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.