The sleep of reason : primitivism in modern European art and aesthetics, 1725-1907 / Frances S. Connelly
University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437651
ISBN: 0271013052
Physical description; xii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-149) and index. Contents; Introduction: Framing the Question -- 1. The Sleep of Reason: "Primitive" Art as the Inverse of Classicism -- 2. Poetic Monsters and Nature Hieroglyphics: The Precocious Primitivism of Philipp Otto Runge -- 3. "Primitive" Ornament and the Arabesque: Paul Gauguin's Decorative Art -- 4. Grotesque and Monstrous Idols: Meryon's Stryge and Picasso's Demoiselles -- Conclusion: Modernist Appropriations of "Primitive" Arts. Subjects; Gauguin, Paul 1848-1903. Meryon, Charles 1821-1868. Europe. Primitivism in art Europe. Art, European. Art, European 18th century. Art, European 19th century. Art, European 20th century. Primitivism in art. Modernism (Art) Europe 18th century. Modernism (Art) Europe 19th century. Modernism (Art) Europe 20th century. Art History. Aesthetics. Art, Modern Europe.
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