Cubism - The Leonard A. Lauder Collection

Informationen zum Autor Emily Braun is distinguished professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, New York. Rebecca Rabinow is curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Klappentext This new history of Cubism, based on works from the most significant private collection in the world today, is written by many of the field's premier art historians and scholars. The collection, recently donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, includes 80 works by Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger and is unsurpassed in the number of masterpieces and iconic pieces deemed critical to the development of Cubism. Twenty-two essays explore various facets of Cubism from its origins and consider small groupings of works in light of specific themes - such as a study by neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel on Cubism and the science of perception. Also included is an interview in which Lauder discusses his approach to collecting. Zusammenfassung An innovative new history of Cubism told through some of the most significant artworks ever produced! drawn from a distinguished private collection

Product details

• Authors: Emily Braun, Emily Rabinow Braun, Rebecca Rabinow, Rebecca Braun Rabinow
• Assisted by: Emily Braun (Editor), Emily F. Braun (Editor), Rebecca Rabinow (Editor), Rabinow Rebecca (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9780300208078
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20807-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Fashion Studies; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art (Ha; Metropolitan Museum of Art Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Cubism, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Art & Design Styles: Cubism