If these apples should fall : Cézanne and the present / T.J. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, T. J. (Timothy J.), Author.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906--Criticism and interpretation.

Cézanne, Paul.

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906--Influence.

Painting, French--19th century--20th century.

Painting, French.

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

239 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 26 x 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2022.

Language Note:

Includes quotations in French

Summary:

"A penetrating analysis of the work of one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art by one of the world's most respected art historians. For more than a century the art of Paul Cézanne was held to hold the key to modernity. His painting was a touchstone for Samuel Beckett as much as Henri Matisse. Rilke revered him deeply, as did Picasso. If we lost touch with his sense of life, they thought, we lost an essential element in our self-understanding. 'If These Apples Should Fall: Cézanne and the Present' looks back on Cézanne from a moment - our own - when such judgments may seem to need justifying. What was it, the book asks, that held Cézanne's viewers spellbound? At the heart of Cézanne lies a sense of disquiet: a homelessness haunting the vividness, an anxiety underlying the appeal of colour. T. J. Clark addresses this strangeness head-on, examining the art of Pissarro, Matisse and others in relation to it. Above all, he speaks to the uncanniness and beauty of Cézanne's achievement" --Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Pissarro and Cézanne

Cézanne's material

Cézanne and the outside world

Peasants

Matisse in the garden

Conclusion.

Notes:

Publication information from page 240.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780500025284

0500025282

OCLC:

1334122855