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New Haven, [Connecticut] : Distributed by Yale University Press
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243 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, color maps, color portraits ; 30 cm
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Cezanne', at the Art Institute of Chicago, May 15-September 5, 2022 and 'The EY Exhibition: Cezanne' presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries,Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022-March 12, 2023
(from table of contents) Organised chaos: looking at Cezanne / Achim Borchardt-Hume, Gloria Groom, Caitlin Haskell and Natalia Sidlina -- "At once unknown and famous": Cezanne in Paris / Gloria Groom -- Cezanne's refusal / Caitlin Haskell -- "A harmony parallel to nature": color, form, and space in Cezanne's watercolors and oil paintings / Kimberley Muir, Kristi Dahm, Giovanni Verri, Maria Kokkori, and Clara Granzotto -- Cezanne's slow homecoming / Natalia Sidlina -- Mapping Cezanne / Kathryn Kremnitzer -- Contextualizing Cezanne / compiled by Michael Raymond -- Cezanne's materials
'Cézanne' presents a new examination of the work of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) across media and genres, surveying his career from the varied perspectives of art historians, conservation scientists, and a roster of renowned contemporary painters, including Etel Adnan, Phyllida Barlow, Paul Chan, Julia Fish, Ellen Gallagher, Lubaina Himid, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Laura Owens, and Luc Tuymans. Featuring wide-ranging essays and a rich chronology tracing Cezanne's travels across the French landscape, this lavishly illustrated publication highlights the artist's favorite motifs, influence on his peers, and pivotal role in the development of modern art, in addition to presenting state-of-the-art technical analysis of his pigments and methods. It offers a fresh look at the ways in which Cezanne, driven by what he described as "strong sensations," sought to develop a visual language that could fully translate his intense feelings into paintings. In doing so, he opened up possibilities that were embraced and elaborated by artists in his time and into the present