{"product_id":"the-art-of-enigma-9780271023588","title":"The Art of Enigma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this interdisciplinary book, Keala Jewell reunites Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) with his brother, Alberto Savinio (1891-1952), a prolific writer and painter who has been kept at the margins of the discussion of surrealism and, more generally, the culture politics of 20th-century Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this fine book, Keala Jewell studies the works of Giorgio de Chirico and his younger brother Alberto Savinio who together produced an oeuvre shrouded in ‘the motif of secrecy.’ \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e, an authentically interdisciplinary book, is the first study that considers the brothers together and addresses the important task of defining and characterizing the Metaphysical art that the brothers developed, especially as it differs from Surrealism, and establishes itself as an Italian, rather than a French, art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Karen Pinkus,University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By turning her focus away from the familiar Metaphysical canvases of de Chirico’s work of the 1910s, Keala Jewell finds new and exciting relationships between the art and politics of the 1920s and 1930s. As such, this book makes a significant contribution to the field. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Enigma \u003c\/i\u003ehas all the markings of a landmark study in the field.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael R. Taylor,The Philadelphia Museum of Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It must be said that Jewell, a prominent scholar in the field of Italian literature, measures up unflinchingly and with penetrating subtlety, so that, although her attention concentrates on the literary output of the two brothers, this in no way diminishes the value of its contribution to a fuller understanding of their painting.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Robert Radford \u003ci\u003eThe Art Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What would it mean to look at de Chirico differently? . . . Keala Jewell’s new book \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Enigma: The De Chirico Brothers and the Politics of Modernism \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the answer to this question by examining the work of the de Chirico brothers, Giorgio and Alberto (later know as Alberto Savinio) together. . . . What emerges is a new picture of the de Chiricos that refuses easy definitions and is salutary for its protean spirit of inclusiveness and heterogeneity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Anthony White \u003ci\u003ePapers of Surrealism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tDe Chirico’s Cultural Topographies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tThe Cultural Shapes of Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tHeroic Cultural Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tInaction Heroes: De Chirico’s Gladiators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tIsadora Duncan as Metaphysical Heroine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tCreatures of Difference: Savinio’s Monsters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tSavinio’s Jewish Hermaphrodite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAfterword: The Brothers Look Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733827150167,"sku":"9780271023588","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271023588.jpg?v=1782118485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-enigma-9780271023588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}