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The Brush and the Pen
Dario Gamboni
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Description for The Brush and the Pen
Hardcover. French symbolist artist Odilon Redon (1840-1916) seemed to thrive at the intersection of literature and art. Known as "the painter-writer", he drew on the works of Poe, Baudelaire, Flaubert, and Mallarme for his subject matter. This title tracks Redon's evolution from collaboration with the writers of symbolism. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 416 pages, 94 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 717.
French symbolist artist Odilon Redon (1840-1916) seemed to thrive at the intersection of literature and art. Known as the painter-writer , he drew on the works of Poe, Baudelaire, Flaubert, and Mallarme for his subject matter. And yet he concluded that visual art has nothing to do with literature. Examining this apparent contradiction, The Brush and the Pen transforms the way we understand Redon's career and brings to life the interaction between writers and artists in fin-de-siecle Paris. Dario Gamboni tracks Redon's evolution from collaboration with the writers of symbolism and decadence to a defense of the ... Read more
French symbolist artist Odilon Redon (1840-1916) seemed to thrive at the intersection of literature and art. Known as the painter-writer , he drew on the works of Poe, Baudelaire, Flaubert, and Mallarme for his subject matter. And yet he concluded that visual art has nothing to do with literature. Examining this apparent contradiction, The Brush and the Pen transforms the way we understand Redon's career and brings to life the interaction between writers and artists in fin-de-siecle Paris. Dario Gamboni tracks Redon's evolution from collaboration with the writers of symbolism and decadence to a defense of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226280554
SKU
V9780226280554
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About Dario Gamboni
Dario Gamboni is professor of the history of art at the University of Geneva. He is the author of many books in French and English. Mary Whittall was a professional translator living in England. Among her translations are Roland Recht's Believing and Seeing: The Art of Gothic Cathedrals, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Brush and the Pen
Gamboni's study . . . expertly dissected the tensions and the connections between the twin creative activities of literature and art in Redon's career. . . . [It] remains a major critical achievement.
Times Literary Supplement Gamboni has succeeded in writing a compelling, sensitive, and enlightening study of an artist whose work is mysterious and difficult to interpret ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement Gamboni has succeeded in writing a compelling, sensitive, and enlightening study of an artist whose work is mysterious and difficult to interpret ... Read more