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Chardin and Rembrandt (ekphrasis) by Marcel Proust is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chardin and Rembrandt (ekphrasis) about?
Chardin and Rembrandt is an unfinished essay written around 1895 by Marcel Proust. Oft overlooked in Prousts illustrious writing career, this book is a newly translated version by David Zwirner Books as one of the first two entries in its ekphrasis series. This essay is a literary experiment in which an unnamed narrator gives advice to a young man suffering from melancholy, taking him on an imaginary tour through the Louvre where his readings of Chardin imbue the everyday world with new meaning,
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- Author
- Marcel Proust
- Publisher
- David Zwirner Books
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781941701508
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Romance, Art, Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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