{"product_id":"henri-matisse-modernist-against-the-grain-9780271035123","title":"Henri Matisse Modernist Against the Grain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHenri Matisse: Modernist Against the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution to the field, looking at Matisse from a variety of new angles and offering compelling readings of hitherto underexamined aspects of his life and of his work and reception.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alistair Wright,University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eHenri Matisse: Modernist Against the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e] makes an important contribution to a fuller understanding of the complete man and his entire work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—W. S. Bradley \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Matisse: The Man\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tThe Media as Medium: Public Self-Portraits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\t“Brutal Egotism”: Gertrude Stein’s Matisse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II. Matisse: His Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tStrangers in Paradise: \u003ci\u003eBathers by a River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tChamber Music: \u003ci\u003eWoman Before an Aquarium\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWoman on a Rose Divan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: Some Propositions Concerning Matisse’s Art of the 1920s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III. Matisse: His Critics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tA Formalist Critique: A Dance Critic Looks at Matisse: André Levinson in 1929\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tA Vitalist Critique: Decoration and Spirituality: The Byzantine\/Islamic Matisse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733827314007,"sku":"9780271035123","price":71.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271035123.jpg?v=1782120402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/henri-matisse-modernist-against-the-grain-9780271035123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}