Maurice Denis's 'Définition du Néo-traditionnisme' and anti-naturalism (1890)

• Autores: Richard Thomson
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 154, Nº 1309, 2012, págs. 260-267
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the 1890 article "Définition du Néo-traditionnisme," by French artist Maurice Denis under the pseudonym Pierre Louis, which appeared in the August 23 and 30, 1890 issues of the periodical "Art et critique." The author Denis's criticism of naturalism in art and the Neo-Impressionists. Other topics include Denis's praise for artist Paul Gauguin and the Nabi artists, including Paul Sérusier, and Denis's role in modernist and religious art.