Picasso
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!
"I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso," declared Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in an apt survey of a triumphant career.
He had good grounds for the confidence palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th century art, his name stands out over all the others. In Picasso`s paintings, drawings, lithographs, ceramics, and sculptures, he was tirelessly inventive and innovative, exhibiting an aesthetic bravado that kept him one step ahead of his contemporaries. From subject matter to new forms and techniques to new media, Picasso got there first. The Spanish artist's enormous output, from the eight-year-old's beginnings to the late work of a man of ninety-one, is surely one of the most diverse and creatively energetic in the whole history of art, and it is no exaggeration to see him as the genius of the century.
Carsten-Peter Warncke's study is a thorough review of Picasso's entire oeuvre, from the early Blue and Rose Periods, through the analytic and synthetic cubism and classicist phase all the way up to the art of the old savage Picasso.
About the editor:
Ingo F. Walther (1940-2007) was born in Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries. Walther's many titles for TASCHEN include Picasso, Art of the 20th Century, and Codices Illustres.
About the author:
Carsten-Peter Warncke studied art history, classical archaeology, and literature in Vienna, Heidelberg, and Hamburg, and received his doctorate from the latter in 1975. He is professor of art history at the University of Göttingen.
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Picasso
Walther, Ingo F. (ED)
Warncke, Prof. Dr. Carsten-Peter Hardcover 9.4 x 11.8 in., 240 pages, $ 14.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-5028-2
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- Events (2 items)
Exhibition
20th Century Works on Paper from the Fundacion Collection: Picasso, Tapies, Miro, and Others.
August 23, 2008 - November 02, 2008
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets), Miami Beach, Florida 33139, Tel: 305.673.7530, United States
20th Century Works on Paper from the Fundacion Collection: Picasso, Tapies, Miro, and Others.
August 23, 2008 - November 02, 2008
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets), Miami Beach, Florida 33139, Tel: 305.673.7530, United States
- Reviews (1 items)
Whether you are a Picasso fan, collector or dealer, this is a required reading on one of 20th century´s greatest master. Absolutely essential.
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