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Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature

Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature

Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature
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Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature Hardback - 1998

by Davenport, Guy

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Counterpoint, 1998. Very Good. Davenport, Guy. Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1998. 116pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Small 4to. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good with slight bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with small closed tear, bumping, and price sticker on rear.
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  • Title Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature
  • Author Davenport, Guy
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 116
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint, Washington DC
  • Publication date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # UDAVOBJ00blc
  • ISBN 9781887178853 / 1887178856
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 7.85 x 0.66 in (19.61 x 19.94 x 1.68 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98035507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.943
  • Quantity available 1

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Reader reviews for Objects on a Table: Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature

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These four essays on the art of the still life begin with a look back to pictures of meals painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs so that, as the author points out, "the soul could eat". Davenport's meditations on the still life encompass the full history of this art form, touching on neolithic cave paintings, the Dutch masters, Cezanne, and van Gogh, as well as photography and the collage.

Davenport is a writer who can cover a huge territory in a few strides, simply by the use of rich and relevant anecdote. Of course, he has the knack (and the knowledge) to always offer the right anecdote. Who else would tell us the details of van Gogh's diet in the course of a deep analysis of the symbolic meanings of the artist's Still Life with Onions?

Twelve full-color reproductions illustrate this elegant volume, including paintings by Monet, Balthus, Cezanne, Picasso, Crivelli, Daumier, van Gogh, Schwitters, and de Chirico.

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