Madame Cézanne
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Published
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2014].
Status
Main Library - Adult Fine Arts
759.4 C9981a
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759.4 C9981a
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Published
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 19, 2014-March 15, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
Description
"Paul Cézanne's (1839-1906) portraits of Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), his wife and the subject of some of his most iconic portraits, rank among the most powerful of their kind in French modernism. Yet, posterity has not been kind to Madame Cézanne. She was called a distraction, blamed for her husband's "lackluster" landscapes, and disdained for her impenetrable expression in the paintings. The reality is more complex, for while Fiquet may not have been the passion of Cézanne's lifetime, she was a willing accomplice, as model, mother of his only son, and unwavering partner against all odds. Madame Cézanne examines this unique relationship within the context of Cézanne as a painter, draftsman, and portraitist, and sheds light on the personal relationship between artist and muse. Featuring all 28 of Cézanne's oil portraits of Fiquet and most of the known drawings, Madame Cézanne both corrects, with insight and compassion, the long-held misconceptions about the Cézannes' unconventional marriage, and shows how Cézanne's portraits of his wife provide a lens through which to better understand his overall technique." -- Publisher's website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Amory, D., Cezanne, P., Dumas, A., Hale, C., Kremnitzer, K., Shelley, M., & Spurling, H. (2014). Madame Cézanne . The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dita Amory et al.. 2014. Madame Cézanne. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dita Amory et al.. Madame Cézanne The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Amory, Dita, et al. Madame Cézanne The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.
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