Henri Matisse
Subtitle: modernist against the grain
By: Catherine Bock-Weiss.
Contributors: Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780271035123
Subjects: Matisse, Henri, -- 1869-1954 -- Criticism and interpretation; Modernism (Art)
Description: "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.
Notes: Some essays revised versions of essays previously published in various publications.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: I. Matisse : the man. 1.The media as medium : public self-portraits; title: 2. "Brutal egotism" : Gertrude Stein's Matisse; title: II. Matisse : his work. 3. Strangers in paradise : Bathers by a river; title: 4. Chamber music : Woman before an aquarium and Woman on a rose divan; title: Coda : some propositions concerning Matisse's art of the 1920s; title: III. Matisse : his critics. 5. A formalist critique : a dance critic looks at Matisse : Andre Levinson in 1929; title: 6. A vitalist critique : decoration and spirituality : the Byzantine/Islamic Matisse; title: Afterword; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.