Fernand Khnopff

Fernand Khnopff

Author: Michel Draguet

Publisher: Agrarian Studies

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300246506

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A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Draguet, an internationally recognized authority on fin-de-siècle art, offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Khnopff achieved widespread acclaim during his lifetime for his moody, dreamlike paintings, as well as his numerous commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations, and writings. Khnopff was a reclusive personality, and in 1900 he focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, a structure that became deeply entwined with the artist's work and sense of self. Although the house was demolished in 1936, Draguet uses new archival research to reconstruct its spaces and explore the home as emblematic of the artist, guiding the reader through Khnopff's very personal world and analyzing his art in the context of its generative surroundings. Distributed for Mercatorfonds


Fernand Khnopff

Fernand Khnopff

Author: Michel Draguet

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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El artista, ilustrador, escultor y fotógrafo belga Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921) se convirtió en un popular retratista de la sociedad en la década de 1880, utilizando elementos que le habían servido como pintor simbolista de vanguardia: realismo visual y un ambiente de silencio, aislamiento y ensueño. Como en el provocativo, pero fascinantemente hermoso, Retrato de Jeanne Kéfer, con frecuencia posaba a sus modelos apoyados contra una puerta cerrada, allanando el espacio, dando como resultado una imagen meditativa y herméticamente cerrada. Jeanne Kéfer era hija de una compositora amiga del artista, y Khnopff captura hábilmente la vulnerabilidad de la niña al mundo exterior en el pequeño gesto de su pequeño pulgar que atrapa el borde de su lazo. El libro coloca esta pintura en el contexto histórico de los tiempos y el entorno social de Khnopff y rastrea el Simbolismo como un movimiento literario y artístico. El análisis del retrato en sí está respaldado por una impresionante variedad de pinturas, detalles y fotografías técnicas relacionadas. Finalmente, el autor utiliza los retratos de Khnopff como punto de partida para una discusión más amplia del arte simbolista.


Decadence and Dark Dreams

Decadence and Dark Dreams

Author: Ralph Gleis

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783777435244

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"Enigmatic magic, erotic sensuality and dark dreamworlds all characterise Symbolism, which evolved as an art current from the 1880s on - with Brussels advancing to become a centre of activity in the development of European art. The tendency towards the morbid and the decadent was most pronounced in Belgian Symbolism. Many of the impulses for this avant-garde came from Belgian artists, such as the disreputable Félicien Rops, the subtle Fernand Khnopff, the occult Jean Delville and the eccentric Léon Spilliaert and James Ensor."--back cover.


Brussels 1900 Vienna

Brussels 1900 Vienna

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-29

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 9004459987

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Brussels 1900 Vienna examines the complex cultural networks between Austria and Belgium (1880-1930), and situates these interrelations within a wider European context. The collection covers various fields, including literature, translation, music, theatre, visual arts, café culture, and architecture.


Mystical Symbolism

Mystical Symbolism

Author: Vivien Greene

Publisher: Guggenheim Museum

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780892075270

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The Salon de la Rose+Croix : the religion of art / Vivien Greene -- The reception of the Rose+Croix of a symptom of the réaction idéaliste / Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond -- Afterlife : The important and sometimes embarrassing links between occultism and the development of abstract art, ca. 1909/1913 / Ken E. Silver


Symbolist Art in Context

Symbolist Art in Context

Author: Michelle Facos

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0520255828

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The Symbolist art movement of the late 19th century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. But because Symbolism emphasizes ideas over objects and events, it has suffered from conflicting definitions. In this book, Michelle Facos offers a comprehensive description of this challenging subject.


Symbolist Art Theories

Symbolist Art Theories

Author: Henri Dorra

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780520077683

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Presents the development and the aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in art and literature


Symbolism

Symbolism

Author: Robert Goldwater

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 042997664X

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This encyclopedic guide explores the rich and varied meanings of more than 2,000 symbols?from amethyst to Zodiac.


Nature's Mirror

Nature's Mirror

Author: Jeffery W. Howe

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892850294

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Issued in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, September 10-December 10, 2017.