https://artcritical.com/2008/11/01/paintings-in-proust-a-visual-companion-to-%e2%80%9cin-search-of-lost-time-by-eric-karpeles/ Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://artcritical.com/2008/11/01/paintings-in-proust-a-visual-companion-to-%e2%80%9cin-search-of-lost-time-by-eric-karpeles/#comment-155466 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:25:04 +0000 http://testingartcritical.com/?p=1374#comment-155466 I doubt the thesis in the final paragraph of this review. Proust is not only extremely knowledgeable about the culture of his time, but also uses it adroitly as a means of characterization, in a way that can often be baffling to less well educated readers. Thus, when a character makes an allusion to an artist, we learn something important about the character’s education and social position. Particularly in the case of someone as sophisticated as the Baron de Charlus, it is catastrophic not to attempt to understand his cultural tastes as precisely as possible.

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