{"product_id":"antoines-alphabet-watteau-and-his-world-paperback","title":"Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJed Perl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoine Watteau, one of the most mysterious painters who ever lived, is the inspiration for this delightful investigation of the tangled relationship between art and life. Weaving together historical fact and personal reflections, the influential art critic Jed Perl reconstructs the amazing story of this pioneering bohemian artist who, although he died in 1721, when he was only thirty-six, has influenced innumerable painters and writers in the centuries since--and whose work continues to deepen our understanding of the place that love, friendship, and pleasure have in our daily lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerl creates an astonishing experience by gathering his reflections on this \"master of silken surfaces and elusive emotions\" in the form of an alphabet--a fairy tale for adults--giving us a new way to think about art. This brilliant collage of a book is a hunt for the treasure of Watteau's life and vision that encompasses the glamour and intrigue of eighteenth-century Paris, the riotous history of Harlequin and Pierrot, and the work of such modern giants as Cézanne, Picasso, and Samuel Beckett. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns somber and beguiling, analytical and impressionistic, \u003ci\u003eAntoine's Alphabet \u003c\/i\u003ereaffirms the contemporary relevance of the greatest of all painters of young love and imperishable dreams. It is a book to savor, to share, to return to again and again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJed Perl\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in New York and studied art history and painting at Columbia University. Since 1994 he has been the art critic at \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eParis Without End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEyewitness, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464841642237,"sku":"9780307385949","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aN9vE_vZ539780307385949.webp?v=1777261765","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/antoines-alphabet-watteau-and-his-world-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}