PAINTINGS IN PROUST

Eric Karpeless lavishly illustrated and comprehensive guide offers a feast for the eyes as it celebrates the close relationship bet ween the visual and literary arts in Prousts masterpiece. Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings to which Proust makes exact reference. Where only a painters name is mentioned to indicate a certain mood or appearance, he has chosen a representa tive work to illustrate the impression that Proust sought to evoke. Botticellis angels, Manets courtesans, Mantegnas warriors and Carpaccios sai...[Llegir més]