Cézanne and Bergson

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 elaborates on 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 addressed similar issues in both writing and images. This book points out the connection that bridges philosophy and painting, text and image, and delves into the similarities and contrasts in the thoughts and developmental journeys of Cézanne and Bergson. It further provides a Bergsonian philosophical interpretation of Cézanne's late art (1889-1906) as well as early 20th-century art movements such as Fauvism and Cubism.