A New Key

by Howe, Jeffery

• ISBN13: 9781892850126
• ISBN10: 1892850125
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Boston College Museum of Art

Summary

The Simon Collection, housed in London and France, is the finest assemblage of modern Belgian art outside Belgium. Accompanying an exhibition held at Boston College's McMullen Museum,A New Keypresents fifty-three works never before displayed in North America, including important paintings by Rene Magritte, James Ensor, Frits van den Berge, Paul Delvaux, and others. Full-color reproductions of the paintings are accompanied by seven essays that illuminate their significance and the distinctive contribution of Belgian art to the development of modernism. Addressing themes like the rise of Freudian psychology, the influence of carnival, and the trauma of two world wars,A New Keyforges a new understanding of Belgium's long-neglected role in the development of modern art.

Author Biography

Jeffery W. Howe is professor of fine arts at Boston College. He is the author of many books, including Houses of Worship and The Symbolist Art of Fernand Khnopff.

 

 

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword	p. 1
Preface and Historical Outline	p. 3
Pauvre Belgique: Collecting Practices and Belgian Art in and Outside of Belgium	p. 7
The Simon Collection-a Personal Perspective	p. 19
A New Key: Modernism and National Identity in Belgian Art	p. 21
Ensor's Parrot	p. 91
"Laughter Liberates Us from Fear"-The Place of Carnival in Our Lives	p. 117
Occupied Belgium: The Art of War	p. 125
Freudian Themes in the Symbolist Work of George Minne	p. 139
Works in the Exhibition	p. 179
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