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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Titles of Collections
René Char: 1907-1988
Introduction
Chapter I Surrealism and Beyond: Kandinsky, Dali, Corot, Courbet
Chapter II Picasso Reviewed: From Fact to Myth
Chapter III New Horizons: "Presenting Georges Braque"
Chapter IV The Fantastic Realism of Joan Miró
Chapter V Georges de La Tour: Artist of Light and Shade
Chapter VI The Magic of Lascaux
Chapter VII Nicolas de Staël: Seeker of Summits, Child of the Pole Star
Chapter VIII Vieira da Silva: A Web of Connections. Chapter IX The Last Collections: Vincent Van Gogh and Alexandre GalperineEpilogue The Illumination of the Poet
Dramatis Personæ
Selective Bibliography
Index.