The Brush and the Pen : Odilon Redon and Literature Hardback
by Dario Gamboni
Hardback
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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 autonomy of the visual arts.
He argues that Redon's conversion was the symptom of a mounting crisis in the relationship between artists and writers, provoked at the turn of the century by the growing power of art criticism that foreshadowed the modernist separation of the arts into intractable fields.
In addition to being a distinguished study of this provocative artist, "The Brush and the Pen" offers a critical reappraisal of the interaction of art, writing, criticism, and government institutions in late nineteenth-century France.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:424 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:05/01/2012
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- ISBN:9780226280554
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:424 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:05/01/2012
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- ISBN:9780226280554
