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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226241475

ISBN-139780226241470

eBay Product ID (ePID)1648114

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Book TitleLeonardo's Nephew : Essays on Art and Artists

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCriticism & Theory, General, History / General

Publication Year2000

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorJames Fenton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-055666

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal709

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Introduction and Acknowledgments On Statues The Mummy's Secret Pisanello: The Best of Both Worlds Verrocchio: The New Cicerone Leonardo's Nephew Bernini at Harvard/Chicago Baroque Who Was Thomas Jones? Degas in the Evening Degas in Chicago Seurat and the Sewers The Secrets of Maillol Becoming Picasso Joseph Cornell: "Monuments to Every Moment" Rauschenberg: The Voracious Ego Johns: A Banner with a Strange Device Notes Index

SynopsisJames Fenton, one of England's most gifted poets, has in recent years been looking closely at works of art and writing incisively and inventively about them and their creators. This collection of fifteen writings discusses a wide range of painting and sculpture, from the mummy portraits of ancient Egypt to the works of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. "Ingenious. . . . Intrigued by emerging and unstable reputations, Fenton] introduces us to Leonardo da Vinci's half-brother's son Pierino: a precocious sculptor celebrated by Vasari but virtually forgotten since." "Publishers Weekly" "Not surprisingly, Fenton displays throughout the passionate attentiveness of a scholar, the enthusiasm of an amateur, and the urbane cleverness of an English journalist." "Washington Post Book World" " Fenton] is not, like Baudelaire, a poet moonlighting as art critic; he is something else again a poetic art historian." Karen Wright, "Observer" "These essays educate, enlighten, surprise and thrill, unfailingly." Robin Lippincott, "New York Times Book Review"", James Fenton, one of England's most gifted poets, has in recent years been looking closely at works of art and writing incisively and inventively about them and their creators. This collection of fifteen writings discusses a wide range of painting and sculpture, from the mummy portraits of ancient Egypt to the works of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. "Ingenious. . . . Intrigued by emerging and unstable reputations, [Fenton] introduces us to Leonardo da Vinci's half-brother's son Pierino: a precocious sculptor celebrated by Vasari but virtually forgotten since."-- Publishers Weekly "Not surprisingly, Fenton displays throughout the passionate attentiveness of a scholar, the enthusiasm of an amateur, and the urbane cleverness of an English journalist."-- Washington Post Book World "[Fenton] is not, like Baudelaire, a poet moonlighting as art critic; he is something else again--a poetic art historian." --Karen Wright, Observer "These essays educate, enlighten, surprise and thrill, unfailingly."--Robin Lippincott, New York Times Book Review

LC Classification NumberN7445.2.F46 2000