Synopses & Reviews
This book had its provenance in the late 1920s, when Erle Loran, then a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Cand#233;zanne's structural form, took up residence in the masterand#8217;s studio in Aix-en-Provence. For several years he lived there and painted, and when he came across familiar motifs in the countryside, he took snapshots of the setting. These photographs assisted Loran in his analysis of Cand#233;zanne's composition and served as the basis for this book, which analyzes over 30 of Cand#233;zanne's paintings. This new edition brings Loranand#8217;s milestone study up-to-date with a new foreword by art historian Richard Shiff, who places Loranand#8217;s work into todayand#8217;s art historical context.
Synopsis
Praise for the first edition:and#147;I have learned a great deal from his book about modern painting in general. [Loran] devotes his attention mainly to Cand#233;zanne's concrete means and methods, and he arrives thereby at an understanding of Cand#233;zanne's art more essential than any other I have seen in print.and#8221;and#151;Clement Greenberg, Nation
About the Author
Besides being an artist of considerable reputation, Erle Loran was Professor of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. Richard Shiff holds the Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art and directs the Center for the Study of Modernism at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include Cand#233;zanne and the End of Impressionism (1984).
Table of Contents
Paintings Analyzed
Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
II. Cand#233;zanne as Theorist and Artist
III. An Illustrated Glossary
IV. How Cand#233;zanne Organized a Picture
V. Cand#233;zanneand#8217;s Materials and Method
VI. Introductory Analysis of a Still Life
VII. Problems of Perspective
VIII. The Problem of Scale and the Control of Volume and Space
IX. Distortion through the Shifting of Eye Levels
X. The Problem of Distortion through Tipping Axes
XI. Distortion in Drawing
XII. Aerial Perspective
XIII. Realism and Abstraction
XIV. Further Comparisons
XV. Conclusion
Biographical Note
Index