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Erle Loran
Cézanne's Composition
Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs
$31.95, £22.95 paperback
978-0-520-24845-8
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169 pages, 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches, 2 color illustrations, 76 b/w photographs, 62 line illustrations
April 2006, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Art Criticism; Art Theory
April 2006, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Art Criticism; Art Theory
Praise for the first edition:
"I have learned a great deal from his book about modern painting in general. [Loran] devotes his attention mainly to Cézanne's concrete means and methods, and he arrives thereby at an understanding of Cézanne's art more essential than any other I have seen in print."—Clement Greenberg, Nation
"I have learned a great deal from his book about modern painting in general. [Loran] devotes his attention mainly to Cézanne's concrete means and methods, and he arrives thereby at an understanding of Cézanne's art more essential than any other I have seen in print."—Clement Greenberg, Nation
This book had its provenance in the late 1920s, when Erle Loran, then a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Cézanne's structural form, took up residence in the master's studio in Aix-en-Provence. For several years he lived there and painted, and when he came across familiar motifs in the countryside, he took snapshots of the setting. These photographs assisted Loran in his analysis of Cézanne's composition and served as the basis for this book, which analyzes over 30 of Cézanne's paintings. This new edition brings Loran's milestone study up-to-date with a new foreword by art historian Richard Shiff, who places Loran's work into today's art historical context.
Paintings Analyzed
Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
II. Cézanne as Theorist and Artist
III. An Illustrated Glossary
IV. How Cézanne Organized a Picture
V. Cézanne's Materials and Method
VI. Introductory Analysis of a Still Life
VII. Problems of Perspective
VIII. The Problem of Scale and the Control of Volume and Space
IX. Distortion through the Shifting of Eye Levels
X. The Problem of Distortion through Tipping Axes
XI. Distortion in Drawing
XII. Aerial Perspective
XIII. Realism and Abstraction
XIV. Further Comparisons
XV. Conclusion
Biographical Note
Index
Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
II. Cézanne as Theorist and Artist
III. An Illustrated Glossary
IV. How Cézanne Organized a Picture
V. Cézanne's Materials and Method
VI. Introductory Analysis of a Still Life
VII. Problems of Perspective
VIII. The Problem of Scale and the Control of Volume and Space
IX. Distortion through the Shifting of Eye Levels
X. The Problem of Distortion through Tipping Axes
XI. Distortion in Drawing
XII. Aerial Perspective
XIII. Realism and Abstraction
XIV. Further Comparisons
XV. Conclusion
Biographical Note
Index
View the current Cézanne exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, commemorating the centenary of the death of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906).