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La Comédie Humaine #71
Le Chef-D'Œuvre Inconnu
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À Paris, au début du XVIIe siècle, trois peintres devisent de leur art. L'un est un jeune inconnu, promis à la gloire : Nicolas Poussin. Le deuxième, Franz Porbus, portraitiste officiel de feu le roi Henri IV, est, lui, dans la plénitude de son talent et au faîte de la renommée. Le troisième, maître Frenhofer, personnage plein de mystère qui a côtoyé les plus grands maîtres et assimilé leurs leçons, met la dernière main dans le plus grand secret à un bien mystérieux « chef-d'oeuvre ».
Il faudra que Gillette, la compagne de Poussin, en qui Frenhofer espère trouver le modèle idéal cherché en vain depuis des années, soit admise dans l'atelier du peintre pour que, y pénétrant derrière elle, Porbus et Poussin découvrent le tableau dont Frenhofer gardait jalousement le secret. Et cette découverte les plongera dans la stupéfaction.
Ce « conte fantastique » à la manière d'Hoffmann est aussi une méditation sur le pouvoir de l'esprit dans le domaine de l'art. Il prend naturellement sa place parmi les Études philosophiques de La Comédie humaine.
Il faudra que Gillette, la compagne de Poussin, en qui Frenhofer espère trouver le modèle idéal cherché en vain depuis des années, soit admise dans l'atelier du peintre pour que, y pénétrant derrière elle, Porbus et Poussin découvrent le tableau dont Frenhofer gardait jalousement le secret. Et cette découverte les plongera dans la stupéfaction.
Ce « conte fantastique » à la manière d'Hoffmann est aussi une méditation sur le pouvoir de l'esprit dans le domaine de l'art. Il prend naturellement sa place parmi les Études philosophiques de La Comédie humaine.
49 pages, Paperback
First published August 1,1831
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49 pages, Paperback
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January 19, 1998 by FINDAKLY
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9782868050137
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2868050131
- Language
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French
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Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French ...
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French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine.
Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon I Bonaparte in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.
Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.
An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts. From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.
Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.
Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon I Bonaparte in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.
Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.
An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts. From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.
Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.
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