{"product_id":"certain-artists-certains-9781912868612","title":"Certain Artists: (Certains)","description":"\u003ci\u003eCertain Artists\u003c\/i\u003e makes for compelling reading. Huysmans' idiosyncratic assessments throw light on his aesthetic preoccupations, past and present, and hint at the spiritual journey he was about to undertake. It includes over 140 black and white illustrations, as well as an introduction, setting the book in the context of its time, comprehensive notes, and a glossary of the artists mentioned. \u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1889, but never before translated into English, this second collection of J.-K. Huysmans' art criticism serves as a companion to the author's iconoclastic \u003ci\u003eModern Art (L'Art moderne)\u003c\/i\u003e of 1883. Unlike the earlier volume, Huysmans wastes little time lambasting the art of the establishment, the Academic painters whose work had lined the annual Salon for years. Instead, he concentrates on a series of his own artistic enthusiasms, which he explores with his trademark spleen and invective. There are extended analyses of Edgar Degas's controversial portraits of women at their toilette; of Odilon Redon's monstrous and disturbing engravings, of Gustave Moreau's heiratic paintings that had such a powerful influence on Against Nature; and of Felicien Rops, whose Satanic engravings, particularly his images of women as agents of the devil, would haunt Huysmans' subsequent novel, Là-bas, of 1891.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing, Brendan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrendan King\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer, reviewer and translator with a special interest in late nineteenth-century French fiction. His Ph.D. was on the life and work of J.-K.Huysmans. He has translated \u003ci\u003eLa-Bas, Parisian Sketches, Marthe, Against Nature, Stranded, The Cathedral, The Vatard Sisters, Drifting\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModern Art\u003c\/i\u003e by J.-K. Huysmans for Dedalus. He has also edited \u003ci\u003eThe Life of J.-K.Huysmans\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert Baldick for Dedalus. He lives in Paris.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuysmans, J. -K:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJ.-K. Huysmans\u003c\/b\u003e (1847-1907) changed from being an obscure author and art critic to one of the most famous authors of his day with the publication of \u003ci\u003eA Rebours (Against Nature)\u003c\/i\u003e in 1884. \u003ci\u003eA Rebours\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking novel which captures the decadent spirit of the day and marks his final break with Zola and naturalism. Dedalus has published 11 books by J.-K. Huysmans, 9 in new translations by Brendan King; \u003ci\u003eMarthe, Parisian Sketches, The Vatard Sisters, Stranded (En Rade), Drifting, Against Nature, Las Bas, Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to \u003ci\u003eEn Route\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Oblate of St Benedict.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dedalus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381610483986,"sku":"9781912868612","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_041a5ac3-39f5-4f84-8fbb-54f0dfdedb14.jpg?v=1728697943","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/certain-artists-certains-9781912868612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}