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Theatres of Melancholy
The Neo-Romantics in Paris and Beyond
Langbeschreibung
The first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author's note Prologue First act: 1926 1. Exiles 2. Leonid's travels Second act: Against the tide 3. Gertrude Stein's prevarications 4. Ten portraits 5. The 'Bérard era' 6. Tchelitchew: weightiness and grace 7. Transparent bodies 8. Eugene Berman: dreaming of architecture 9. A Paper Ball 10. Medusa Third act: Figures of style 11. Two minor arcana 12. The strange case of Waldemar-George 13. The invention of Neo-Romanticism 14. Neo-Humanism is a Neo-Mannerism 15. Fantasy landscapes 16. The theory of the saltimbanque Fourth act: Convergence lines 17. The lightness of being 18. The English scene 19. Kit Wood, the outsider 20. The art of nuance
Patrick Mauriès is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel (2012), A Cabinet of Rarities (2012), Maison Lesage (2020), The World According to Karl (2013) and Fashion Quotes: Stylish Wit and Catwalk Wisdom (2016), all published by Thames & Hudson.
ISBN-13:
9780500094075
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.04.2022
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Patrick Mauriès
Gewicht:
1488 g
Format:
285x238x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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