A New Key – Modern Belgian Art from Simon Collection: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection - Softcover

Howe, Jeffery W

 
9781892850126: A New Key – Modern Belgian Art from Simon Collection: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1892850125 ISBN 13: 9781892850126
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2007

Synopsis

The Simon Collection, housed in London and France, is the finest assemblage of modern Belgian art outside Belgium. Accompanying an exhibition held at Boston College's McMullen Museum, "A New Key" presents fifty-three works never before displayed in North America, including important paintings by Rene Magritte, James Ensor, Frits van den Berge, Paul Delvaux, and others. Full-color reproductions of the paintings are accompanied by seven essays that illuminate their significance and the distinctive contribution of Belgian art to the development of modernism. Addressing themes such as the rise of Freudian psychology, the influence of carnival, and the trauma of two world wars, "A New Key" forges a new understanding of Belgium's long-neglected role in the development of modern art.

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About the Author

Jeffery W. Howe is professor of fine arts at Boston College. He is the author of many books, including Houses of Worship and The Symbolist Art of Fernand Khnopff.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1892850125
ISBN 13 
9781892850126
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
234