Georges Rouault and material imagining / Jennifer Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Jennifer (Jennifer J.), author.

Series:

Material culture of art and design.

Material culture of art and design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958--Criticism and interpretation.

Rouault, Georges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages).

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.

Summary:

"Described as a difficult and dark painter, Georges Rouault's oeuvre is deeply experimental. Images of the circus emerge from a plethora of chaotic marks, while numerous landscapes appear as if ossified in thick paint. Georges Rouault and Material Imagining approaches Rouault in relation to contemporary theories about making and material, examining how Rouault's oeuvre constructs a 'material consciousness' that departs from other modern painters. Rouault's work explodes the genre of painting, drawing upon the residue of Gustave Moreau's symbolism, the extremities of Fauvism, and the radical theatrical experiments of Alfred Jarry. The repetitions and re-workings at the heart of Rouault's process defy conventional chronological treatment, and place the emphasis upon the coming-into-being of the work of art. Ultimately, the process of making is revealed as both a search for understanding and a response to the problematic world of the twentieth century. Georges Rouault and Material Imagining offers an innovative critical approach to the questions raised by this difficult modernist"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Georges Rouault's Modernism

Chapter 1: 1903-1907: Mutilation, Revivification and Imaginative Play on the Surface

Chapter 2: The Interwar Years: Materiality, Theatricality, and Social Critique

Chapter 3: 'Le métier de peindre' or Making as Thought: Bergson, Maritain, and Rouault's landscapes

Chapter 4: Light Thickens: Theology, Phenomenology and the Veronica

Chapter 5: Material Imaginings: Matter, Materiality, and Modes of Being

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2022).

ISBN:

9781501346125

1501346121

9781501346101

1501346105

OCLC:

1206395777