Enchanted objects visual art in contemporary fiction /

Hepburn, Allan.

Enchanted objects visual art in contemporary fiction / Allan Hepburn. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (x, 278 pages : illustrations)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : art and objects in contemporary fiction. Aesthetic objects ; Enchantment ; Display ; Looking at collections ; Certain distances -- Details : Vermeer and specificity. In particular ; Women, objects, stillness ; A poetics of detail ; The fate of two paintings ; Labour and excess in Girl with a pearl earring -- Ornament : books in A case of curiosities and Salamander. Enchanted books ; Theories of ornament ; A case of curiosities : collection and display ; Books and infinity in Salamander -- Fragility : the case of Utz. Broken idols ; The end of museums ; Fragility -- Looking at ugliness : Pascali's island and Stone virgin. Representation ; Digging ; Theories of ugliness ; Conservation -- Conclusion : on display.



9781442686397




Art objects in literature.
Art in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century


Electronic Books.

PS374 / .E534 2010