If These Apples Should Fall Cézanne and the Present

A penetrating analysis of the work of one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art by one of the world's most respected art historians. For more than a century the art of Paul Cézanne was held to hold the key to modernity. His painting was a touchstone for Samuel Beckett as much as Henri Matisse. Rilke revered him deeply, as did Picasso. If we lost touch with his sense of life, they thought, we lost an essential element in our self-understanding. If These Apples Should Fall: Cézanne and the Present looks back on Cézanne from a moment - our own - when such judgments may seem to need justifying. What was it, the book asks, that held Cézanne's viewers spellbound? At the heart of Cézanne lies a sense of disquiet: a homelessness haunting the vividness, an anxiety underlying the appeal of colour. T. J. Clark addresses this strangeness head-on, examining the art of Pissarro, Matisse and others in relation to it. Above all, he speaks to the uncanniness and beauty of Cézanne's achievement.

ISBN:	9780500025284
Publisher:	Thames and Hudson Ltd
Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Published date:	04 Aug 2022
DEWEY:	759.4
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	3892
Number of pages:	240
Weight:	946g
Height:	196mm
Width:	256mm
Spine width:	28mm

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