Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to “In Search of Lost Time” by Eric Karpeles

Thanks to the very fully annotated correspondence, in 38 volumes, we know a great deal about Marcel Proust’s tastes in visual art. When young he frequented the Louvre, went to the Low Countries and, under the spell of John Ruskin, traveled to see France’s medieval churches. He devoted long essays to Gustave Moreau and Monet, … Continued