A Balthus Notebook - Guy Davenport (ekphrasis series) textiles a railway station

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these two volumes expand the horizons of—and introduce a new generation to—Venturi’s “gentle manifesto

A Balthus Notebook - Guy Davenport (ekphrasis series) textiles a railway stationIn his 1989 book on Balthusthe storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth centuryGuy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, moreand compelling readings of the work of this master. Reading it today highlights the change in perspectives on sexuality and nudity in art in the past thirty years.