Titian, the Nymph and the Shepherd.
Fage| N° d'inventaire | 25353 |
| Format | 14.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 72 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Lyon, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782849756683 |
Titian, the Nymph and the Shepherd is an exchange of letters between a father, John Berger, a famous painter, writer and art critic, and his daughter, Katya Berger Andreadakis, a film critic and translator.
Through their correspondence about a famous painting by Titian held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, they bring this work back to life together and attempt to unravel the mystery of its longevity.
There is no "art criticism" here strictly speaking, but a sensitive and lively exchange revolving around Titian's inability to grasp the flesh of bodies ("flesh" is what Katya confesses in her first letter to be what Titian's name spontaneously evokes for her), a two-voice questioning of the subversion that the painter's art accomplishes.
Text punctuated by twelve drawings by John Berger and reproductions of the works of Titian mentioned.
Titian, the Nymph and the Shepherd is an exchange of letters between a father, John Berger, a famous painter, writer and art critic, and his daughter, Katya Berger Andreadakis, a film critic and translator.
Through their correspondence about a famous painting by Titian held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, they bring this work back to life together and attempt to unravel the mystery of its longevity.
There is no "art criticism" here strictly speaking, but a sensitive and lively exchange revolving around Titian's inability to grasp the flesh of bodies ("flesh" is what Katya confesses in her first letter to be what Titian's name spontaneously evokes for her), a two-voice questioning of the subversion that the painter's art accomplishes.
Text punctuated by twelve drawings by John Berger and reproductions of the works of Titian mentioned.