Modern Art (L'Art moderne) - Couverture souple

Huysmans, J.-K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910213993 ISBN 13 : 9781910213995

Editeur : Dedalus Ltd, 2019

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in 1883, but never before translated into English, this collection of J.-K. Huysmans art criticism reveals the author of Against Nature to be as combative in his aesthetic opinions as he was in his literary ones. At a time when the Impressionists were still being ridiculed, or worse still ignored, Huysmans defiantly proclaimed Degas to be the best painter in France. He filled his pages with analyses of the works of artists whose genius and popularity have been confirmed by time: Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Gauguin, Mary Cassatt, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau. Huysmans intersperses his reviews of these independent artists with those of the annual Official Salon, whose conventional and dryly academic works he lambasts with his customary gusto and invective. Modern Art includes 200 black and white illustrations, notes and a glossary of artists.

Biographie de l'auteur :

J.-K. Huysmans (1847-1907) changed from being an obscure author and art critic to one of the most famous authors of his day with the publication of A Rebours (Against Nature) in 1884. A Rebours is a ground-breaking novel which captures the decadent spirit of the day and marks his final break with Zola and naturalism. Dedalus have published 10 books by J.-K. Huysmans 8 in new translations by Brendan King; Marthe, Parisian Sketches, The Vatard Sisters, Stranded (En Rade), Drifting, Against Nature, Las Bas and The Cathedral. In addition to En Route and The Oblate of St Benedict. Robert Baldick's The Life of J.-K. Huysmans was published by Dedalus in the autumn of 2005, updated and edited by Brendan King.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dedalus Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1910213993
• ISBN 13: 9781910213995
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 313