Émile ZOLA defines the work of art according to his naturalist vision.
"A work of art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament."
3.000€
"A work of art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament."
3.000€
Émile ZOLA (1840.1902)
Autographed aphorism, signed.
Half a page in-8°.
No place or date.
A magnificent and famous thought by Zola, leader of the naturalist literary movement.
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A work of art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament.
Émile Zola
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In L'Événement of May 11, 1866, Zola concluded his article "The Realists of the Salon" with this formula: "A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament." It will be noted that Zola here chooses to replace the initial term "creation" with that of "nature."