Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting. - Couverture rigide

Hustvedt, Siri

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ISBN 10 : 1568985185 ISBN 13 : 9781568985183

Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2005

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling novel What I Loved, comes this inspired collection of essays on painting. Here, Hustvedt concentrates her narrative gifts on the works of such masters as Francisco de Goya, Jan Vermeer, Jean-Baptiste-Sim on Chardin, Gerhard Richter, and Joan Mitchell.

Hustvedt is concerned with the very act of looking and the limitless rewards to be gleaned from sustained, careful attention. Unlike film and books, which progress over time, 'Painting is there all at once,' she writes, it is only with patience and repeated viewings that elusive meanings present themselves.

Through her own personal experiences, Hustvedt is able to reveal things until now hidden in plain sight: an egg like detail in Vermeer's Woman with a Pearl Necklace and the many hidden self-portraits in Goya's series of drawings, Los Caprichos, as well as in his infamous painting The Third of May. Most importantly, these essays exhibit the passion, thrill, and sheer pleasure of bewilderment a work of art can produce if you simply take the time to look.

Revue de presse :

'[Hustvedt} gives you the illusion of seeing as if for the first time works of art that you thought you knew well. After reading her luminous book, most prose about art seems merely perfunctory. The generous publisher has here provided a beautiful, happily affordable publication.' - Modern Painters

'Siri Hustvedt possesses a remarkable visual sensibility. Her responses to paintings are both visceral and intellectual....At their best, her essays combine the insights of her intuitive eye with an extensive knowledge of Western painting.' - San Francisco Chronicle

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1568985185
• ISBN 13: 9781568985183
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208