Cézanne : a life / Alex Danchev.

Author/creator Danchev, Alex
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Pantheon Books, [2012]
Descriptionxx, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Prologue: the right eyes -- The dauber and the scribbler -- Le papa -- Self-portrait: the brooder -- All excesses are brothers -- I dare -- Self-portrait: the desperado -- Abarchist painting -- La Boule -- Self-portrait: the dogged -- The lizard -- Semper Virens -- Self-portrait: the plasterer -- L'Œuvre -- Homo sum -- Self-portrait: the inscrutable -- A scarecrow -- Non finito -- Epilogue: Cézanne by numbers.
Abstract An assessment of the life and work of Paul Cézanne offers insight into his views about an artist's role and his self-doubt about his own capabilities, demonstrating how his beliefs revolutionized the ways subsequent artists would see and depict the world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 449-466) and index.
LCCN 2012007182
ISBN9780307377074 (hardback)
ISBN0307377075 (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks ND553 .C33 D34 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold