Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Social Context of James Ensor’s Art PracticeCondition: NewSubtitle: “Vive La Sociale!”ISBN-10: 1350469912EAN: 9781350469914ISBN: 9781350469914Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual ArtsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/30/2024Description: “Vive la Sociale”: This rousing, revolutionary statement, written on a bright red banner across the top of James Ensor’s monumental painting Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889, stood as a visual manifesto and call to action by the Belgian artist (1860-1949) who saw his art as central to the cultural discourse of modern Belgium. Serving, too, as inspiration for this original survey of Ensor’s art, which highlights the social concerns and cultural contexts of the artist as he navigated a rapidly modernising Belgium, this statement situates Ensor in the unique social contexts of his time. Ensor’s interaction with the Belgian art world, and, in particular, the avant-garde art group Les XX and engagement with progressive art, science, politics and current events are discussed in-depth. Combined with analysis of the artist’s self-portraits and depictions of women, this new study presents Ensor as an artist of agency and purpose whose art practice engaged the issues and concerns of middle class Belgian life, society and politics, and was informed by the changing values of class, race and gender of his time. Now available in paperback, this timely, nuanced reading of the art and career of this often misunderstood “artist’s artist” invites a re-evaluation not only of Ensor’s social context and expressive critique but also his unique contribution to modernist art practice. Lavishly illustrated with colour images of Ensor's bold figurative paintings, this book will be an important resource for artists, scholars and those interested in European modernism. Given Ensor's legacy of resistance, self-fashioning and performance through boundary-breaking art practice, his work remains all the more relevant today.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Susan M. CanningGenre: Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Social Context of James Ensor’s Art Practice
Title: The Social Context of James Ensor’s Art Practice
Subtitle: “Vive La Sociale!”
ISBN-10: 1350469912
EAN: 9781350469914
ISBN: 9781350469914
Release Date: 05/30/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Arts & Photography
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Social Context of James Ensor's Art Practice : Vive La Sociale!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Criticism & Theory, Individual Artists / Monographs, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.9 Oz
Subject Area: Art
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Susan M. Canning
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback