Paul Gauguin : the mysterious centre of thought / / Dario Gamboni ; translated, Chris Miller

• Autore: Gamboni Dario
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Disciplina: 759.4
• Persona (resp. second.): MillerChris
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Irritations, Echoes and Parables; One: Seeing Double; Two: Dreams and Visions; Three: You Are What You See; Four: Matter and Material; Five: From Puppet to Idol; Six: Natura Naturans; Epilogue: The Eye of the Sunflower; References; List of Illustrations; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: French artist Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) once reproached the Impressionists for searching "around the eye and not at the mysterious centre of thought." But what did he mean by this enigmatic phrase? In this innovative investigation into Gauguin's art and thought, Dario Gamboni illuminates Gauguin's quest for this "mysterious centre" and offers a fresh look at the artist's output in all media-from ceramics and sculptures to prints, paintings, and his large corpus of writings. Foregrounding Gauguin's conscious use of ambiguity, Gamboni unpacks what the artist called the "language
• Titolo autorizzato: Paul Gauguin
• ISBN: 1-78023-408-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797480103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II