Contributions

  • Ensor, James, 1860-1949. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, England

Language

English

Word Count

28,500 words, Guess

Page Count

114 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100892366419
  • ISBN-139780892366415
  • Goodreads1347508
  • Library of Congress Control Number20022782
  • Open LibraryOL22018467M

Classifications

  • DDC759.9493
  • LCCND673.E6 A65 2002

Description

"The brash young artist James Ensor painted Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 during a period of extraordinary artistic and political foment in his native Belgium. It is understood today to be one of the most dazzling, innovative, and perplexing paintings created in Europe in the late nineteenth century, and it rivals any work of its period in audacity and ambition. Huge in scale, complex in design and execution, and brimming with social commentary, the painting is one of the most challenging works in the Getty Museum's paintings collection. This book examines Christ's Entry in light of Belgium's rich artistic, social, political, and theological debates in the late nineteenth century, and in the context of James Ensor's exceptional career, in order to decipher some of the painting's messages and meanings."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Art

Series Statement

  • Getty Museum studies on art

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