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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art

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Book Synopsis: An extraordinary collection—hawk-eyed and understanding—from the Man Booker Prize–winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: “Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting . . . But it is a rare picture that stuns, or argues, us into silence. And if one does, it is only a short time before we want to explain and understand the very silence into which we have been plunged.” This is the exact dynamic that informs his new book. In his 1989 novel A History of the World in 10½ Chapters, Barnes had a chapter on Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa, and since then he has written about many great masters of nineteenth- and twentieth-century art, including Delacroix, Manet, Fantin-Latour, Cézanne, Degas, Redon, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, Braque, Magritte, Oldenburg, Lucian Freud and Howard Hodgkin. The seventeen essays gathered here help trace the arc from Romanticism to Realism and into Modernism; they are adroit, insightful and, above all, a true pleasure to read.

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Looking for an extraordinary collection of art essays that are both insightful and a pleasure to read? Then look no further than "Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art". This book, written by the Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes, delves into the world of art with hawk-eyed precision and understanding. Barnes explores the notion that great paintings don't require explanation, yet it is our natural instinct to want to understand and interpret the silence they evoke. With essays on renowned artists such as Géricault, Delacroix, Manet, and many more, this book takes you on a journey through the evolution of art from Romanticism to Modernism. Be captivated by Barnes' adroit analysis and gain a deeper appreciation for the masters of the art world.

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