Cezanne

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The Rock and Quarry Paintings

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Cezanne explores a rich vein of Paul Cézanne's mature work, focusing exclusively on his 27 canvases depicting rock formations created from the mid-1860s until shortly before his death in 1906. The book illustrates his paintings of rock formations in various locations including the forest of Fontainebleau, the Mediterranean coastal village of L'Estaque, and the Aix-en-Provence area, complemented by watercolours. Essays provide critical insight into the development and character of these works, their geological and corporeal ties, and the Provençal context for the artist's rock and quarry paintings. Detailed catalogue entries reveal precise locations, geological features, and technical aspects of each painting.
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This book will appeal to enthusiasts of art history, especially those interested in Paul Cézanne's technique and landscape painting, as well as readers drawn to the intersection of art and geology.

Catalogue of an exhibition of the same name held at the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey on March 17-June 14, 2020 and at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England on July 12-October 18, 2020.

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A rich vein of the artist’s mature work, depicting the foundations of landscape and place

From the mid-1860s until shortly before his death, Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) created 27 canvases that take rock formations as their principal subjects. This is the first publication to focus exclusively on these extraordinary works. It illustrates all of Cézanne’s mature paintings of rock formations, including scenes of the terrain of the forest of Fontainebleau, the Mediterranean coastal village of L’Estaque, and the area around Aix-en-Provence, alongside examples of his watercolours of these subjects.

An introductory essay by John Elderfield assesses these paintings in terms of their character, development, and relationship to Cézanne’s other works; their critical interpretations; and their geological and corporeal associations. Faya Causey’s essay examines the Provençal context of Cézanne’s rock and quarry paintings, as well as the status of geology in France during the second half of the 19th century.

The catalogue section, introduced by Anna Swinbourne, chronicles the sites, presenting details of where specifically the paintings were made and of the features that they represent, together with technical aspects of particular works.

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Financial Times praises the book as "a triumph: visually stunning, and offering exceptional insight into the picturing mind."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300250480

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 143 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by John Elderfield
Contributions by Faya Causey
Contributions by Sara Green
Contributions by Annemarie Iker
Contributions by Ariel Kline
Contributions by Anna Swinbourne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

John Elderfield is chief curator emeritus of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and recently served as the Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer at the Princeton University Art Museum.