A Theory Of The Tache In Nineteenth-Century Painting (Studies In Art Historiography)

Without question, the tache (blot, patch, stain) is a central and recurring motif in nineteenth-century modernist painting. Manet's and the Impressionists’ rejection of academic finish produced a surface where the strokes of paint were presented directly, as patches or blots, then indirectly as legible signs. Cézanne, Seurat, and Signac painted exclusively with patches or dots. Through a series of close readings, this book looks at the tache as one of the most important features in nineteenth-century modernism. The tache is a potential meeting point between text and image and a pure trace of the artist’s body. Even though each manifestation of tacheism generates its own specific cultural effects, this book represents the first time a scholar has looked at tacheism as a hidden continuum within modern art.

• | Author: Dr Øystein Sjåstad
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 18, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 190 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Art
• | ISBN-10: 1472429443
• | ISBN-13: 9781472429445