DETHURENS Pascal.
Happiness, in literature and painting.
Hazan
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| N° d'inventaire | 26070 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 192 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111539 |
"From now on, I only want to collect moments of happiness." Who hasn't dreamed, like Stendhal, of reaching this rare state, deemed inexpressible and considered a subjective idea above all others?
If happiness is a creation that our culture has desired, a belief that it has renewed many times throughout its history, this does not mean that it is a fiction. Its constant redefinition attests to the tenacious desire to enjoy it, but also, and above all, to the need to make it a constant horizon.
What discourses has the West held on happiness, and what faces has it given it over more than twenty centuries? This richly illustrated book invites us to discover that, from Epicurus to Rousseau, from Saint Matthew to Dante, from Virgil to Nietzsche, but also from Fra Angelico to Bonnard, from Bruegel to Matisse, from Monet to Chagall, this desire has always been ours.
If happiness is a creation that our culture has desired, a belief that it has renewed many times throughout its history, this does not mean that it is a fiction. Its constant redefinition attests to the tenacious desire to enjoy it, but also, and above all, to the need to make it a constant horizon.
What discourses has the West held on happiness, and what faces has it given it over more than twenty centuries? This richly illustrated book invites us to discover that, from Epicurus to Rousseau, from Saint Matthew to Dante, from Virgil to Nietzsche, but also from Fra Angelico to Bonnard, from Bruegel to Matisse, from Monet to Chagall, this desire has always been ours.
If happiness is a creation that our culture has desired, a belief that it has renewed many times throughout its history, this does not mean that it is a fiction. Its constant redefinition attests to the tenacious desire to enjoy it, but also, and above all, to the need to make it a constant horizon.
What discourses has the West held on happiness, and what faces has it given it over more than twenty centuries? This richly illustrated book invites us to discover that, from Epicurus to Rousseau, from Saint Matthew to Dante, from Virgil to Nietzsche, but also from Fra Angelico to Bonnard, from Bruegel to Matisse, from Monet to Chagall, this desire has always been ours.