{"product_id":"ensor-9783836560566","title":"Ensor","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ulrike Becks-Malorny\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Expressionist before the term was coined, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Ensor \u003c\/strong\u003e(1860-1949) was the classic insider-outsider enigma. He knew all the right art-world figures but loathed most of them. His style lurched from the Gothic fantastical to the Christian visionary. He was a cosmopolitan trailblazer of modernism, but lived reclusively in an attic room in the resort town of Ostend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For all his elusiveness, Ensor influenced generations of artists through his vivid often gruesome paintings, prints, and drawings. He is cited in particular for his use of \u003cstrong\u003edark satire\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eallegory\u003c\/strong\u003e, his innovative\u003cstrong\u003e lighting\u003c\/strong\u003e, and for his interest in \u003cstrong\u003ecarnival and performance\u003c\/strong\u003e, showcased in \u003cem\u003eThe Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889\u003c\/em\u003e as well as in his repertoire of self-portraits in which he employs \u003cstrong\u003emasking, travesty, and role-playing\u003c\/strong\u003e to adopt such varied guises as Christ on the Cross and a gender-bending dandy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This introduction to Ensor explores the richness and variety of his imagery through key examples of his macabre, maverick oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45140561264791,"sku":"9783836560566","price":1731.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836560566.webp?v=1767147160","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ensor-9783836560566","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}