Looking at Pictures

Author/Contributor(s):	Walser, Robert ; Bernofsky, Susan ; Davis, Lydia ; Middleton, Christopher
Publisher:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date:	11/09/2015
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

A beautiful and elegant collection, with gorgeous full-color art reproductions, Looking at Pictures presents a little-known side of the eccentric Swiss genius: his great writings on art. His essays consider Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Cranach, Watteau, Fragonard, Brueghel and his own brother Karl and also discuss general topics such as the character of the artist and of the dilettante as well as the differences between painters and poets. Every piece is marked by Walser's unique eye, his delicate sensitivity, and his very particular sensibilities--and all are touched by his magic screwball wit.