Alain Jaubert's 'D'Alice à Frankenstein' Collects Art Writings

Alain Jaubert's book 'D'Alice à Frankenstein' compiles texts published since 2006, each chapter dedicated to a single artwork from Titian to Gaston Chaissac. Jaubert, creator of the documentary series 'Palettes' and a former sailor turned journalist, analyzes works including Gainsborough's 'Couple dans un jardin anglais' and a film still from 'The Bride of Frankenstein'. He examines details such as the intertwined shoes in Giacomo Balla's 'Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash' to argue the painting depicts a couple. Jaubert provides historical, artistic, and political context, and offers a human portrait of Lewis Carroll photographing Lorina and Alice Liddell. He challenges Erwin Panofsky's interpretation of Titian's 'Young Woman at a Mirror', celebrating 'the pure glory of the flesh' instead of 'the transience of death'.