The Companion provides an accessible critical survey of Western visual art theory from sources in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance thought through to contemporary writings.
In 1878, the author Marius Roux, a noted friend of Emile Zola and Paul Cézanne, published La proie et l'ombre, a little-known roman à clef featuring a thinly disguised Cézanne as the main character, Germain Rambert. The text prominently features several conversations drawn from famous Impressionist discussions on the nature of art. La proie et l'ombre offers a unique insight into the thought…