James Ensor : : the Temptation of Saint Anthony

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Call Number: 759.9493 En
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"James Ensor: The Temptation of Saint Anthony was published in conjunction with an exhibition titled Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor, organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 23, 2014, to January 25, 2015."
The Trials of The Temptation : The Genesis of James Ensor's Saint Anthony / Nancy Ireson and Patrick Florizöone -- Revelation, Resistance, and Resilience : (Re)presenting James Ensor's The Temptation of Saint Anthony / Susan M. Canning -- Transcending Tradition : James Ensor's Innovative Drawing Process in The Temptation of Saint Anthony / Kimberly J. Nichols.
This engaging volume describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing 'The Temptation of Saint Anthony' - a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) that is composed of fifty-one sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto. Each sheet of the nearly six-foot-high work is reproduced at actual size, revealing Ensor's remarkable technique and fertile imagination. Here, Saint Anthony is surrounded not with nature - as customary - but with the moral decay of society. Replete with tiny scenes depicting both sexual temptation and spiritual piety, Ensor splices potent imagery from travelogues, popular science and technology magazines into a Symbolist masterpiece. Susan M. Canning and Kimberly J. Nichols recount the fascinating tale that led to the work's restoration and first public showing in more than sixty years.

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