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Stories of art and artists
Title
Stories of art and artists / edited by Diana Secker Tesdell.
ISBN
9780375712494
0375712496
9781841596174
1841596175
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2014]
Physical Description
400 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary
"A one-of-a-kind, beautifully jacketed hardcover anthology of classic stories for art lovers. With full-cloth binding and a silk ribbon marker. EVERYMAN'S POCKET CLASSICS. Stories of Art and Artists gathers two centuries of stories from around the world. From Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Artist of the Beautiful" and Albert Camus's "The Artist at Work" to Bernard Malamud's "Rembrandt's Hat" and Aimee Bender's "The Color Master," the tales collected here range from haunting fables about the power of art to vivid portraits of those who create. Featured art forms include sculpture, pottery, architecture, miniatures, landscapes, portraits, and abstract painting, illumined in brilliant stories by such great writers as Honore de Balzac, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Marguerite Yourcenar, John Berger, William Boyd, Doris Lessing, Valerie Martin, Julian Barnes, Orhan Pamuk, and A.S. Byatt. Writers have long been fascinated by the idea of artistic genius, the relationship between portraits and their subjects, the inspirational role of muses, and the effects on artists of ambition, failure, and success. Their dazzling literary evocations of the visual arts--using one art form to reflect on another--make Stories of Art and Artists an irresistible gift for lovers of art of all kinds"-- Provided by publisher.
"A collection of short stories about art and artists from the past two centuries and from around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 06, 2023
Series
Everyman's Pocket Classics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
How Wang-Fo Was Saved / Marguerite Yourcenar
The Oval Portrait / Edgar Allan Poe
A Portrait / Guy de Maupassant
The Red-Haired Girl / Penelope Fitzgerald
The Real Thing / Henry James
The Limner / Julian Barnes
Varengeville / William Boyd
A Brush / John Berger
Two Potters / Doris Lessing
A Lamia in the Cevennes / A. S. Byatt
Rembrandt's Hat / Bernard Malamud
Jonas, or The Artist at Work / Albert Camus
The Painter / Hermann Hesse
The Artist of the Beautiful / Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Hunger Artist / Franz Kafka
The Unknown Masterpiece / Honore de Balzac
His Blue Period / Valerie Martin
Fialta / Rebecca Lee
The Color Master / Aimee Bender
I am Red / Orhan Pamuk (from My Name Is Red).
Genre/Form
Short stories.
Fiction.
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