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• catalog abstract "Henry James's only lust in life was a metaphoric one, what he himself referred to as "the lust of the eyes." Indeed, the intensely visual nature of James's imagination cannot fail to strike anyone who reads his fiction. His work is replete with references to paintings, sculpture, and architecture, which are often used to illustrate or echo themes in his writing. Adeline R. Tintner, one of the world's leading authorities on Henry James, presented a broad overview of James's stimulation by the visual arts in a previous book, The Museum World of Henry James. In her fascinating new book, Henry James and the Lust of the Eyes: Thirteen Artists in His Work, Tintner focuses on a select group of artists and considers how the vision of each permeates a single tale or novel. She shows that James frequently perceived the idea or emotion evoked by an artist's creation as an analogue of a character or situation in his fiction, and she analyzes the various means by which he incorporated - sometimes directly, sometimes obliquely - the artist's work in his own work. As Tintner makes clear, James's use of works of art in his writing both reflects his own aesthetic sophistication and demonstrates his almost infinite capacity for variety and irony. Tintner begins her study with the 1883 story "the Siege of London," showing how in that tale James alludes to Thomas Couture's painting The Romans of the Decadence not only through a covert reference to the painting's title but also through the story's action and images. She goes on to consider the influence of the work of French sculptors Jean Goujon and Germain Pilon on the short novel The Reverberator; the use of William Hogarth's engravings in "A London Life"; the inspiration James drew from the painter Jean-Leon Gerome in writing The Tragic Muse; and the use of a painting supposedly by the Venetian Giovanni Bellini in "The Chaperon." Other artists whose influence on James's work she discusses are Lord Frederick Leighton, Hans Holbein the Younger, Bronzino, Pinturicchio, Honore Daumier, Pietro Longhi, and Jan Vermeer. Henry James and the Lust of the Eyes affords valuable insights into James's genius. By closely examining his appropriation of specific works of art, Tintner opens a window onto James's own perceptions - what he saw of the cultural world around him, and how he interpreted it. The complex variety of his responses to artists and their work displays the remarkable acuity of James's visual sense and the fecundity of his imagination.".
• catalog contributor b3951192.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description ""The siege of London" and Couture's Romans of the decadence -- Goujon and Pilon: French Renaissance sculpture in The reverberator -- "A London life" and Hogarth's Marriage a la mode -- Miriam Roorth as the English Rachel: Gerome's Rachel as the tragic muse -- "The chaperon" and "Giambellini's" Madonna a nd child -- Lord Leighton and his paintings in "The private life" -- Holbein's The ambassadors: a pictorial source for The ambassadors -- Bronzino's Lucrezia Panciatichi in The wings of the dove via Vernon Lee -- A Pinturicchio figure in revised Roderick Hudson -- Rococo Venice and Longhi -- James discovers Jan Vermeer of Delft.".
• catalog description "Henry James's only lust in life was a metaphoric one, what he himself referred to as "the lust of the eyes." Indeed, the intensely visual nature of James's imagination cannot fail to strike anyone who reads his fiction. His work is replete with references to paintings, sculpture, and architecture, which are often used to illustrate or echo themes in his writing. Adeline R. Tintner, one of the world's leading authorities on Henry James, presented a broad overview of James's stimulation by the visual arts in a previous book, The Museum World of Henry James. In her fascinating new book, Henry James and the Lust of the Eyes: Thirteen Artists in His Work, Tintner focuses on a select group of artists and considers how the vision of each permeates a single tale or novel. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "She goes on to consider the influence of the work of French sculptors Jean Goujon and Germain Pilon on the short novel The Reverberator; the use of William Hogarth's engravings in "A London Life"; the inspiration James drew from the painter Jean-Leon Gerome in writing The Tragic Muse; and the use of a painting supposedly by the Venetian Giovanni Bellini in "The Chaperon." Other artists whose influence on James's work she discusses are Lord Frederick Leighton, Hans Holbein the Younger, Bronzino, Pinturicchio, Honore Daumier, Pietro Longhi, and Jan Vermeer. Henry James and the Lust of the Eyes affords valuable insights into James's genius. By closely examining his appropriation of specific works of art, Tintner opens a window onto James's own perceptions - what he saw of the cultural world around him, and how he interpreted it. The complex variety of his responses to artists and their work displays the remarkable acuity of James's visual sense and the fecundity of his imagination.".
• catalog description "She shows that James frequently perceived the idea or emotion evoked by an artist's creation as an analogue of a character or situation in his fiction, and she analyzes the various means by which he incorporated - sometimes directly, sometimes obliquely - the artist's work in his own work. As Tintner makes clear, James's use of works of art in his writing both reflects his own aesthetic sophistication and demonstrates his almost infinite capacity for variety and irony. Tintner begins her study with the 1883 story "the Siege of London," showing how in that tale James alludes to Thomas Couture's painting The Romans of the Decadence not only through a covert reference to the painting's title but also through the story's action and images. ".
• catalog extent "xvi, 265 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0807117528 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
• catalog subject "813/.4 20".
• catalog subject "Art and literature.".
• catalog subject "James, Henry, 1843-1916 Knowledge Art.".
• catalog subject "PS2127.A75 T557 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents ""The siege of London" and Couture's Romans of the decadence -- Goujon and Pilon: French Renaissance sculpture in The reverberator -- "A London life" and Hogarth's Marriage a la mode -- Miriam Roorth as the English Rachel: Gerome's Rachel as the tragic muse -- "The chaperon" and "Giambellini's" Madonna a nd child -- Lord Leighton and his paintings in "The private life" -- Holbein's The ambassadors: a pictorial source for The ambassadors -- Bronzino's Lucrezia Panciatichi in The wings of the dove via Vernon Lee -- A Pinturicchio figure in revised Roderick Hudson -- Rococo Venice and Longhi -- James discovers Jan Vermeer of Delft.".
• catalog title "Henry James and the lust of the eyes : thirteen artists in his work / Adeline R. Tintner.".
• catalog type "Art. fast".
• catalog type "text".