Le grand âge et ses œuvres ultimes

Le grand âge et ses œuvres ultimes

by Jean Gribenski, Diane H. Bodart, Musée Sainte-Croix

Part of Collection "Art & société."

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À une époque où la figure du vieil artiste ne fait désormais plus exception mais est en passe de devenir la norme, ce livre réinterroge l'archétype romantique du génie du grand âge depuis la Renaissance jusqu'au XXIe siècle, en le mettant à l'épreuve des différents médiums de la création artistique, par un dialogue entre les arts visuels, la musique, l'architecture et la littérature. La validité herméneutique de la notion de style tardif, qui participe à l'héroïsation des oeuvres ultimes conditionnées par le déclin physique et l'urgence de la fin, est analysée en fonction des données biographiques, du contexte culturel et social, de la réception contemporaine et postérieure, afin d'appréhender sous un nouveau jour l'incidence de la biographie sur l'oeuvre.

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