Aesthetic Rivalries by Linda Goddard

Aesthetic Rivalries by Linda Goddard

This book explores interaction and competition between painting and literature in France, from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth, offering new readings of works by key figures including Paul Gauguin, Stephane Mallarme, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide. Combining close visual and literary analysis with a broader examination of critical discourse, the volume uncovers a mutual but often contentious exchange of ideas. The author challenges habits of periodisation, drawing attention to the links between Symbolist and Cubist criticism. Issues such as the debate about 'literary' painting, the role of art criticism and artists' writings, as well as themes such as newspapers and gold, alchemy and forgery, are shown to connect the two centuries. In examining how the rejection of mimesis in painting affected literary responses to the visual arts, the book explores a shift in power from the verbal to the visual in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Linda Goddard is a Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews. She was previously a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she completed a PhD in 2004. She is currently working on a book about the writings of Paul Gauguin.

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ISBN 13	9783039118793
ISBN 10	303911879X
Title	Aesthetic Rivalries
Author	J Barrie Bullen
Series	Cultural Interactions: Studies In The Relationship Between The Arts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verlag Peter Lang
Year published	2012-03-10
Number of pages	316
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