Name: Matisse Portraits By John Klein
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Matisse Portraits by John Klein

An account of Henri Matisse's activity as a maker of portraits and self-portraits. The author considers the transaction that produces a portrait - a transaction between the artist and the sitter that is social as much as artistic - and investigates the social contexts of Matisse's sitters.

About John Klein

Matisse scholar John Klein goes beyond standard approaches to portraiture that focus on questions of likeness and expression of character. He considers the transaction that produces a portrait - a transaction between the artist and the sitter (even when the sitter is oneself) that is social as much as artistic. Klein investigates the various social contexts of Matisse's sitters and finds that differences among these contexts produced different kinds of portraits and self-portraits with different goals. This was in part due to the personal and social identity of the sitter, but partly also to Matisse's self-perception with respect to the sitter and his goal of engaging the genre as a mode of personal expression. Klein also addresses the vexing question of whether depictions of hired models can be considered as portraits and concludes that they lack the social context that is necessary to portraiture. Through the psychological and contextual examination of Matisse's portraits and self-portraits, Klein throws new light on an important body of work by this influential artist. The author also discusses the portrait practice of some of Matisse's contemporaries - Picasso, Krichner, Bonnard, Vallotton, and Boldini - to develop fresh insights into the status of portraiture within twentieth-century art as a whole

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GOR005931540

ISBN 13

9780300081008

ISBN 10

0300081006

Title

Matisse Portraits by John Klein

Author

John Klein

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Yale University Press

Year published

20011011

Number of pages

288

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N/A

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Matisse Portraits John Klein

Matisse Portraits by John Klein

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