The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Works Of Odilon Redon
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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Few artists have channelled the subconscious into printmaking with the visionary intensity of Odilon Redon, and The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon stands as a definitive companion to his extraordinary lithographic and etched output. Published by the National Gallery of Victoria in conjunction with a major exhibition, the catalogue chronicles Redon's mesmerising body of graphic work — from his hauntingly dark *noirs* of the 1870s and 1880s to the luminous, symbolist dreamscapes that would later captivate the Surrealists — presenting each work with scholarly precision and visual splendour. Author Ted Gott guides the reader through Redon's singular artistic universe, one populated by cyclops, spiders with human faces, disembodied eyes, and radiant floral visions, all rendered with a technical mastery that transformed the lithographic stone into an instrument of the imagination. Gott's authoritative analysis situates Redon firmly within the broader currents of late nineteenth-century Symbolism and proto-Surrealism, illuminating the artist's profound debt to literature, science, and mysticism in equal measure. The text argues persuasively that Redon's graphic works are not mere curiosities of the fin-de-siècle but rather foundational documents in the history of modern art — works that rewired what imagery could suggest, haunt, and achieve. For collectors, art historians, and anyone captivated by the shadowed borderlands between dream and reality, this volume leaves one wondering just how deep the enchantment goes.
Author: Ted Gott
Format: Paperback
Published: 1990, National Gallery of Victoria
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few artists have channelled the subconscious into printmaking with the visionary intensity of Odilon Redon, and The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon stands as a definitive companion to his extraordinary lithographic and etched output. Published by the National Gallery of Victoria in conjunction with a major exhibition, the catalogue chronicles Redon's mesmerising body of graphic work — from his hauntingly dark *noirs* of the 1870s and 1880s to the luminous, symbolist dreamscapes that would later captivate the Surrealists — presenting each work with scholarly precision and visual splendour. Author Ted Gott guides the reader through Redon's singular artistic universe, one populated by cyclops, spiders with human faces, disembodied eyes, and radiant floral visions, all rendered with a technical mastery that transformed the lithographic stone into an instrument of the imagination. Gott's authoritative analysis situates Redon firmly within the broader currents of late nineteenth-century Symbolism and proto-Surrealism, illuminating the artist's profound debt to literature, science, and mysticism in equal measure. The text argues persuasively that Redon's graphic works are not mere curiosities of the fin-de-siècle but rather foundational documents in the history of modern art — works that rewired what imagery could suggest, haunt, and achieve. For collectors, art historians, and anyone captivated by the shadowed borderlands between dream and reality, this volume leaves one wondering just how deep the enchantment goes.