Hebdomeros : A Novel - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: This seminal 1929 surrealist novel by the painter Giorgio de Chirico merges the realms of dream and reality. In the artist’s only novel, de Chirico invites the reader into a world where language, time, space, and meaning are fluid, highlighting... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich's Journey Through Time MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: No German painter evokes such strong emotions as Caspar David Friedrich: his evening skies remain icons of longing, his mountain vistas testaments to the grandeur of nature. He inspired Samuel Beckett to write Waiting for Godot and Walt... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was:
Giotto and His Works in Padua by John Ruskin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. The resulting fresco cycle, detailing the history, birth, life, and death of Christ, ranks among the greatest... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Salon of 1846 by Charles Baudelaire - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Charles Baudelaire, considered a father of modern poetry, wrote some of the most daring and influential prose of the nineteenth century. Prior to publishing the international bestseller Les Fleurs du mal (1857), he was already notable as a forthright... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter by Paul Gauguin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “Criticism is our censorship . . .” So begins one of the greatest invectives against criticism ever written by an artist. Paul Gauguin wrote “Racontars de rapin” only months before he died in 1903, but the essay remained... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Chardin and Rembrandt by Marcel Proust - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
