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Picasso - Challenging the Past

Englisch · Taschenbuch

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Klappentext This thought-provoking book presents a lively introduction to the 20th century's most important artist, Pablo Picasso. Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition, and his memory for images was voracious. Naturally drawn to Spanish masters Velazquez and Goya, he also engaged with such figures as Rembrandt, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet, and Cezanne. Picasso repeatedly pitted himself against these masters, taking up their signature themes, techniques, and artistic concerns in audacious paintings of his own. Sometimes his "quotations" were direct, other times highly allusive. Always, Picasso made the implicit case that it was he in the 20th century who most forcefully reinvigorated the European tradition. This book showcases his extraordinary work, where we witness the daring transformation of the art of the past into, in Picasso's own words, "something else entirely." From his earliest years Pablo Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition. His memory for images was voracious, and he amassed an art collection of his own. This book showcases the technical dexterity, independence and vitality of Picasso's creative processes.

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Autoren Elizabeth Cowling, Elizabeth/ Cox Cowling, Neil Cox, Simonetta Fraquelli, Susan Grace Galassi, Christopher Riopelle, Anne Robbins
Verlag Yale University Press Ltd
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Taschenbuch
Erschienen 19.02.2010
 
EAN 9781857094510
ISBN 978-1-85709-451-0
Seiten 176
Serie National Gallery London
Thema Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst

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