Chardin and Rembrandt

Marcel Proust

Jennie Feldman, Jennie Feldman

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English

David Zwirner
01 April 2017

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Ekphrasis

Long overlooked in Proust's posthumously published writings, Chardin and Rembrandt, written when he was only twenty-four years old, not only reemphasizes the importance of visual art to his development, but contains the seeds of his later work.

Proposed in 1895 by Proust to the newspaper Revue hebdomadaire (it was rejected), this essay is much more than a straightforward piece of art criticism. It is a literary experiment in which an unnamed narrator gives advice to a young man suffering from melancholy, taking him on an imaginary tour through the Louvre where his readings of Chardin imbue the everyday world with new meaning, and his ruminations on Rembrandt take his melancholic pupil beyond the realm of mere objects.

Published for the first time as a stand-alone volume and newly translated, this edition, part of the David Zwirner Books ekphrasis series, aims to introduce a wider audience to one of Proust's most important and influential works in Western literature.

By: Jennie Feldman, Jennie Feldman
Imprint: David Zwirner
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 177mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 70g
ISBN: 9781941701508
ISBN 10: 1941701507
Series: Ekphrasis
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 01 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

<b>Marcel Proust</b> (1871-1922) is best known for his novel A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time), which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927, and is considered one of the most important works of the 20th century.

Reviews for Chardin and Rembrandt: Marcel Proust

The tactic Proust deploys is a succession of extraordinarily close readings of the paintings, in language so luminous that the text easily embodies the series' title, ekphrasis, or the translation of visual art into poetry, often through objective description.--Thomas Micchelli Hyperallergic . . . amusing, memorable books. . .--Jonathon Sturgeon Artnet The Top Ten Art Books of 2016. . .One gleans in the youthful text how Proust began his perceptual education, translating from art into prose the brilliant, compelling language of Chardin and the gleam and frisson of Rembrandt.--Rachel Corbett Vulture