Paintings in Proust

Eric Karpeless lavishly illustrated and comprehensive guide offers a feast for the eyes as it celebrates the close relationship between the visual and literary arts in Prousts masterpiece. Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings to which Proust makes exact reference. Where only a painters name is mentioned to indicate a certain mood or appearance, he has chosen a representative work to illustrate the impression that Proust sought to evoke. Botticellis angels, Manets courtesans, Mantegnas warriors and Carpaccios saints stand among Monets water lilies and Piranesis engravings of Rome, while Karpeless insightful essay and lucid contextual commentary explain their significance to Proust. The book closes with extensive notes and a comprehensive index of all painters and paintings mentioned in the novel. With over 200 beautifully reproduced paintings, drawings and engravings, and accompanying texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation of In Search of Lost Time, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of Proustians worldwide and a handsome volume in its own right.