Displaying 1 of 1 2002 Format: Book Author: Kauffmann, Jean-Paul. Title: The struggle with the angel : Delacroix, Jacob, and the God of good and evil / Jean-Paul Kauffmann ; translated from the French by Patricia Clancy. Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, ©2002. Description: xvii, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm Summary: The author explores the struggle of good and evil in the Delacroix painting but also looks at the church which houses it, the lives of Delacroix and Baudelaire, philosophy and religion, and art history. Subjects: Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863. Jacob wrestling with the angel. Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation. Saint-Sulpice (Church : Paris, France) Mural painting and decoration, French -- France -- Paris. Other Title: Lutte avec l'ange. English Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226). Contents: Prologue -- The Servandoni Towers -- The lecturer from the Louvre -- The agony and the ecstasy -- "A trail of light ..." -- The Dieppe Hotel -- The Cafe de la Mairie -- The Chateau de Crozes -- Delacroix's cigars -- An angel between the towers -- 1998 -- Maigret in the Argonne -- A night in Saint-Sulpice -- Removing the ladder -- "I think it will be the death of me" -- The kestrel hovering in the air -- The sacred Tetragrammaton -- Jacob's eye -- The Sybil and the Golden Bough -- Epilogue. Web Site: Table of contents Publisher description LCCN: 2003533014 ISBN: 9781568582436 1568582439 Other Number: 50989186 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 120747 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 759.4 Delacroi Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
