1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790340403321

Autore

Michiels Alfred <1813-1892.>

Titolo

Hans Memling [[electronic resource] /] / [Alfred Michiels ; translation, Sarah Whorton and Andrew Byrd]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone Press, c2007

ISBN

1-283-95414-1

1-78042-986-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Temporis collection

Disciplina

759.94931

Soggetti

Painting, Belgian - 15th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; I. Memling's Origins and Beginnings; II. Memling between History andLegend; Popular Traditions; First-hand Information; III. Memling's Old Age and Genius; IV. Memling's Major Works; Works Conserved in Belgium; Works kept outside of Belgium; Memling the Miniaturist; V. Master Memling, betweenInfluences and Authentications; The Students of Memling; The Authentic Works of Memling; Works attributed to Memling; False Attributions; The Lost Paintings; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Born in Selingenstadt, Memling (1430/40-1494) left his native Germany to settle in Bruges in 1465, where the death of his supposed teacher, Rogier van der Weyden, left a near absence of competition. Unlike one of his predecessors, Van Eyck, Memling, considered a minor artist for a long time, was not a painter of the court, but of the bourgeoisie. A man recognized and respected by the end of his life for his enormous talent, he amassed one of greatest fortunes in the city.Forgotten during the 17th and the 18th centuries, Memling is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest painters of the United



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783319903321

Autore

Retallack Joan

Titolo

The Poethical Wager [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-76239-7

9786612762390

0-520-93523-3

1-59734-811-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

809.93352042

809/.93352042

Soggetti

Feminism and literature

Literature and morals

Literature, Modern

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Essay as Wager; The Poethical Wager; Wager as Essay; Blue Notes on the Know Ledge; Poethics of the Improbable: Rosmarie Waldrop and the Uses of Form; The Experimental Feminine; The Scarlet Aitch: Twenty-Six Notes on the Experimental Feminine; :RE:THINKING:LITERARY:FEMINISM: (three essays onto shaky grounds); The Difficulties of Gertrude Stein, I & II; Four on Cage; Geometries of Attention; Fig. 1, Ground Zero, Fig. 2: John Cage-May 18, 2005; Poethics of a Complex Realism; UNCAGED WORDS: John Cage in Dialogue with Chance; Notes; Bibliography

Acknowledgments of PermissionsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In these highly inventive essays, Joan Retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist, conveys her unique post-utopian vision as she explores the relationship between art and life in today's chaotic world. In the tradition of the essay as complex humanist exploration, she engages



ideas from across history: Aristotle's definition of happiness, Epicurus's swerve into unpredictable possibility, Montaigne's essays as an instrument of self-invention, John Cage's redefinition of Silence. Within her unifying rubric of poethics, Retallack gives the reader plenty of surprises with a wonderful range of examples