Henri Matisse : modernist against the grain /
Bock-Weiss, Catherine.
Matisse, Henri,1869-1954.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2009.
"A series of linked essays that considers different aspects of Matisse's life and work, revealing how the artist worked against many of the main tenets of modernism"--Provided by publisher.
Some essays revised versions of essays previously published in various publications.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Matisse : the man. 1.The media as medium : public self-portraits -- 2. "Brutal egotism" : Gertrude Stein's Matisse -- II. Matisse : his work. 3. Strangers in paradise : Bathers by a river -- 4. Chamber music : Woman before an aquarium and Woman on a rose divan -- Coda : some propositions concerning Matisse's art of the 1920s -- III. Matisse : his critics. 5. A formalist critique : a dance critic looks at Matisse : Andrâe Levinson in 1929 -- 6. A vitalist critique : decoration and spirituality : the Byzantine/Islamic Matisse -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
"A series of linked essays that considers different aspects of Matisse's life and work, revealing how the artist worked against many of the main tenets of modernism"--Provided by publisher.
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954
Modernism (Art)