Cézanne and Bergson: Spine or cover with flaws

Author: You Zhaoliang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This is a specialized study on the "father of modern painting" Cézanne and the renowned philosopher Bergson. It approaches Cézanne's art from the perspective of Bergson's philosophy, which emerged in Cézanne's later years, covering a span of seventeen years. The book elucidates the relationships between Bergson and Cézanne, verbal language and painting creation, philosophers and painters, as well as philosophy and art. It also highlights the similarities and significance in their thoughts and developmental journeys, which are often overlooked by the world. Cézanne, hailed as the "father of modern painting," proposed important artistic concepts, including discussions on cylinders, spheres, cones, horizontal and vertical lines. Simultaneously, the famous philosopher and Nobel laureate Bergson also explored similar issues through both text and images. This book points out the connection that bridges philosophy and painting, as well as text and image, and delves into the similarities and contrasts in the thoughts and developmental trajectories of Cézanne and Bergson. It further provides a Bergsonian philosophical interpretation of Cézanne's late art (1889-1906) and artistic movements such as Fauvism and Cubism in the early 20th century.