The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies Whistler

Whistler s gentle art a classic in the literature of insult and denigration might well be subtitled the autobiography of a hater for it contains the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the nineteenth century.

The gentle art of making enemies whistler.

The gentle art of making enemies is a book by the painter james mcneill whistler published in 1890. By alfred werner paperback january 1 1967 by james mcneill whistler author 2 3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings. The gentle art designed by whistler himself is a highly entertaining account of personal revenges but it is also an iconoclast s plea for a new and better attitude toward painting. The book was in part a response to in part a transcript of whistler s famous libel suit against critic john ruskin.

As a historical document it is the best statement of the new aesthetics versus the old guard academics and it helped greatly in shaping the modern feeling toward art. The gentle art of making enemies.