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Mock humanity : James Ensor's grotesques and the History of Caricature by Jules Champfleury : frame and figure in the work of James Ensor
This book reveals that James Ensor did not develop his fantastic and grotesque universe of masks and skeletons out of his melancholic soul, but that he re-used and transformed an old image tradition that was collected and published by the French author and art critic Jules Champfleury in his 'H...
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| Formato: | Livro |
| Idioma: | English Dutch |
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: A&S/Books
, [2018]
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| Acesso em linha: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Notas de Autor: | Bart Verschaffel |
| Resumo: | This book reveals that James Ensor did not develop his fantastic and grotesque universe of masks and skeletons out of his melancholic soul, but that he re-used and transformed an old image tradition that was collected and published by the French author and art critic Jules Champfleury in his 'History of Caricature'. A second essay analyses how these weird creatures infiltrate the image borders and the frames of Ensor's paintings in order to disturb the 'normal' world |
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| Descrição do item: | Zusatz vom Buchcover: Two essays on James Ensor's grotesques |
| Descrição Física: | 111 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9076714517 9789076714516 |
