Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to in Search of Lost Time

by Eric Karpeles

Book Overview

A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature. Not only are there frequent references to specific works of art, but certain characters are also evoked by comparison to particular paintings. Bloch's appearance as a boy is likened to the portrait of Mehmet II by Gentile Bellini; Odette de Cr?cy strikes Swann by her resemblance to a figure in a Botticelli fresco. Even the lesser figure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500293422
• ISBN13: 9780500293423
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"