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Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting

by Siri Hustvedt

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<P>In Mysteries of the Rectangle, Hustvedt concentrates her narrative gifts on the works of such masters as Francisco Goya, Jan Vermeer, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Gerhard Richter, and Joan Mitchell. Through her own personal experiences, Hustvedt is able to reveal things until now hidden in plain sight: an egglike detail in Vermeer's Woman with a Pearl Necklace and the many hidden self-portraits in Goya's series of drawings, Los Caprichos, as well as in his infamous painting The Third of May. Most importantly, these essays exhibit the passion, thrill, and sheer pleasure of bewilderment a work of art can produce-if you simply take the time to look. </P>
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About the Author

Siri Hustvedt is a novelist whose books include The Enchantment of Lily Dahl and What I Loved. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781568986180
Subtitle:
Essays on Painting
Author:
Hustvedt, Siri
Publisher:
Princeton Book Company Publishers
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Criticism -- Theory.
Publication Date:
February 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
179
Dimensions:
9.00x6.04x.64 in. .98 lbs.
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