Henri Matisse : modernist against the grain / Catherine Bock-Weiss.

Author/creator Bock-Weiss, Catherine
Other author Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 231 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Matisse : the man. 1.The media as medium : public self-portraits -- 2. "Brutal egotism" : Gertrude Stein's Matisse -- II. Matisse : his work. 3. Strangers in paradise : Bathers by a river -- 4. Chamber music : Woman before an aquarium and Woman on a rose divan -- Coda : some propositions concerning Matisse's art of the 1920s -- III. Matisse : his critics. 5. A formalist critique : a dance critic looks at Matisse : Andrâe Levinson in 1929 -- 6. A vitalist critique : decoration and spirituality : the Byzantine/Islamic Matisse -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract "A series of linked essays that considers different aspects of Matisse's life and work, revealing how the artist worked against many of the main tenets of modernism"--Provided by publisher.
General noteSome essays revised versions of essays previously published in various publications.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008049461
ISBN9780271035123 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271035129 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks ND553.M37 B582 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold