Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. I What the artist does 13
5. II What the spectator sees 43
6. III The spectator in the picture: FRIEDRICH, MANET, HALS 101
7. IV Painting, textuality, and borrowing: POUSSIN, MANET, PICASSO 187
8. V Painting, omnipotence, and the gaze: INGRES, THE WOLF MAN, PICASSO 249
9. VI Painting, metaphor, and the body: TITIAN, BELLINI, DE KOONING, ETC. 305
10. Conclusion 357
11. Notes 358
12. List of illustrations 376
13. Index 381