Antoine Wiertz and the quest for modern genius / edited by Bram van Oostveldt, Stijn Bussels & Caroline Van Eck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiertz, Antoine Joseph, 1806-1865

Oostveldt, Bram van, editor.

Bussels, Stijn, editor.

Eck, Caroline van, editor.

Series:

XIX: Studies in 19th-century art and visual culture

XIX, Studies in nineteenth-century art and visual culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wiertz, Antoine Joseph, 1806-1865--Criticism and interpretation.

Wiertz, Antoine Joseph.

Genre:

paintings (visual works)

sculpture (visual works)

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Biographies.

Art criticism.

Paintings.

Sculptures.

Physical Description:

164 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2025]

Contents:

Introduction / Bram van PPsteveldt, Stijn Bussels and Caroline van Eck

I. The formation of an artist

Becoming Wiertz: the early years (1820-37) / Dominique Marechal

Embattled Classicism / Stephen Bann

II. Wiertz and the aesthetics of the grotesque

Boring Modernism? Wiertz's sculptures / Caroline van Eck

Wiertz's philosophical paintings / Hanneke Grootenboer

M stands for Mort: the last hours of Antoine Wiertz / Marc Gotlieb

III. Wiertz and the museum

Artists' museums: a symbolical form in the history of culture / Pascal Griener

Spectacles full of lessons or performances for posterity? The Musée Wiertz contrasted with the Musée Gustave Moreau / Maarten Liefooghe

The case of Antoine Wierz: art and/or politics? / Bart Verschaffel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

ISBN:

9782503604732

2503604730

OCLC:

1564474241

Publisher Number:

9782503604732