Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (Vintage International)

Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (Vintage International)

Flaubert believed that great paintings required no words of explanation. But, as Barnes notes, it is a rare picture that stuns, or argues, us into silence. And when this does happen, we feel compelled to explain the very silence into which we have been plunged. In this illuminating collection of essays on art, Barnes turns his narrative gifts toward some of the most important paintings in the Western canon, eloquently voicing our reactions to these imagesâ€”what they cause us to think and feel, and why. From Gericaultâ€™s The Raft of the Medusa to Degasâ€™s The Dance Lesson to Braqueâ€™s Cubism to the â€œgood soft funâ€ of Oldenburg, Barnes effortlessly fits these pieces into the larger dramas of the artistsâ€™ lives and works. Taken together, these essays give us a wonderful overview of art from Romanticism onwardâ€”and are a true pleasure to read.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 110187337X-localization
Color White
Height 8.6
Length 6.8
Weight 1.3999353637
Width 1
ReleaseDate 2017-06-13
NumberOfItems 1

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