Prestel Publishing | ISBN:3791352202 | File Type: PDF, 224 pages | File size: 23.Mb | Oct. 25th, 2012
General Artists: icasso Black and White examines the artist s lifelong exploration of a black and white leitmotif through paintings and a selection of scptures and works on paper icasso continued the tradition of engaging the color black that had been employed throughout a centuries long history of Spanish painting by fellow artists Jos de Ribera Diego Vel zquez Francisco de Zurbar n and Francisco de Goya Moreover he made highly effective use of isolated black white and gray hues in a nod to monochromatic grisaille painting and to drawing line and form As this volume attests the recurrent motif of black and white appears throughout icasso s oeuvre including his blue and rose periods his investigations into Cubism and Surrealism his interpretations of historical subject studies for his celebrated painting Guernica World War II and an homage to old masters as well as the powerf paintings of his last years Featuring reproductions of more than 150 works this book examines the extraordinary complexity and power of these expressive artworks which purge color in order to highlight their formal structure Including essays by leading icasso scholars this book is a unique and coherent perspective on one of the world s most innovative and influential artists
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