Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7400&N=3+6603+4294957228 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721839 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=703029 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=635520 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672920 No artist enjoys greater popularity than Pablo Picasso, and no other artist has been exhibited more often or studied so intensely. Yet there is still uncharted territory on the map of his opulent oeuvre: the subject of bathers and beach scenes that fascinated Picasso throughout his life. This subject, so close to the heart of the centurys leading artist, is illuminated in this illustrated volume featuring color reproductions of some 130 works from all of Picassos creative periods. Comparable works by artists known to have inspired Picasso - among them Cezanne, Matisse, Honoir, Deram, Braque, Leger, and Miro - complete this unprecedented panorama.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=771104 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=501149 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=501421 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442666 Matisse and Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art. In spite of their rivalry, each came to acknowledge the other as his only true equal. In later life Matisse commented that Picasso sees everything, and Picasso stated that All things considered, there is only Matisse. This book explores their artistic relationship, revealing it to be much closer and more complex than has previously been understood. An introduction by John Golding explains how the work of each artist both inspired and provoked the other. Thirty-four groups of works exploring the artistic encounters of Matisse and Picasso throughout the course of their careers are analysed in illuminating texts by the six curators. There is also an extensive chronology, the fruit of new archival research. The exhibition is a collaboration between Tate Modern in London, the Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Musee Picasso with the Musee National dArt Moderne in Paris, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=355734 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=367072 160 outstanding works from the most famous collections in the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=350175 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=370473 Unlike the human body and still life, landscapes were not one of Picassos primary genres, but emerged over time as a game he played with combinations and symbols. This superb book, catalogue to a 1999 exhibition of the same name at the Picasso Museu, Barcelona, maps the evolution of Picassos landscapes. Essays include Making a Landscape out of the Body by Valeriano Bozal and works include The Kiss, The Sleepers, Country Concert, The Pigeons (series), The Rescue, The Kitchen, The Bathers, and Flower Seller. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=162095 This book draws upon new research and works that, in some cases, were held out of public view in Picassos own collection to explore the critically important - but still under-studiedperiod of his life from the time of the Spanish Civil War through World War II and the Nazi occupation of France. This span of years is marked by some of the most intensely personal and expressive work of his long and diverse career. This book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It traces Picassos responses to the cataclysm of war as manifested in a lengthy series of figure paintings, still lifes, portraits, and cityscapes, amplified by prints, drawings, and photographs, drawn from collections all around the world.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=391170 Picassos interest in ceramics arose briefly at the turn of the century and later, between 1945 and 1973, ran parallel to, sculpture, and engraving. In his sixties, Picasso tackled ceramics again, attracted by the materials potential, by the way its plastic properties allowed him to adapt it to his imagination. A number of skilled ceramists lived near his home in Vallauris, including the Ramie family, whose Madoura workshop produced the vast majority of the Spanish artists work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=291803 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=283336 One hundred and twenty prints by Picasso from the collection of the Norton Simon Museum are presented in this highly readable, fully illustrated, and scholarly catalogue which accompanies the exhibition at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, at the Toledo Museum of Art, and at the Norton Simon Museum. The prints include highlights from all major areas of Picassos graphic work, and are presented here in rare depth. Picassos formidable printmaking accomplishments cover a range of activity in varied techniques from 1905 to 1970.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=291844 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=282095 Fiercely competitive, Matisse and Picasso engaged in one of the most formidable artistic dialogues of this century. The intense beginning of the relationship between the two artists - from the time they met in 1906 until 1917, when Matisse left for Nice - has already been amply studied, but their continuous exchange during the second part of their careers has never been examined in detail. In Matisse and Picasso, Yve-Alain Bois stages the intertwined evolution of the two giants of modern art as if it were an ongoing game of chess between two masters. As Joachim Pissarro points out in the foreword of this volume, Matisse and Picassos dense plot and rich narrative make this work read more like a suspense novel than a traditional art history treatise. Bois thoroughly researched historical demonstration is supported by striking visual juxtapositions of works by the two artists brought together here for the first time, making this long-awaited study a major contribution to the history of twentieth-century art.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=324577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=71255 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=155586 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=249382 In gathering this special selection from the unique collection of the Picasso Museum in Paris, Baer had in mind the basic questions of why Picasso was attracted to the art of printmaking; and what role it played in his work, his life and his fantasies. She invites the viewer to look attentively at the prints themselves as she analyzes their themes, sources, iconography and techniques. Based on impeccable scholarship and the invaluable experience gained from personally handling these works of art for many years, Baers documentation of this key aspect of Picassos work provides a fresh evaluation of his genius.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=29066 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=194877 Portraiture has managed to flourish in modern painting in spite of the popularization of photography, the decline of traditional patronage, and modernisms increasing emphasis on abstraction. However problematic modern styles have been for representational art, painters have continued to discover new possibilities in the imaging of the human face. This book explores the challenge of the modernist portrait through the multiple solutions proposed by its foremost protagonist and, in so doing, becomes the first volume ever published on the subject of Picasso and portraiture. The hundreds of works reproduced here - most of them unfamiliar, some virtually unknown - demonstrate the remarkable range of Picassos experimentation in all its stylistic and psychological diversity. The book opens with an authoritative, broad-ranging essay by William Rubin; the nine essays that follow - all by major contemporary scholars and critics - examine different periods and aspects of Picassos career and clarify personal relationships between the artist and his subjects. It closes with an essay by Mr. Rubin on the late portraits. Numerous photographs, some never before published and many by outstanding photographers, present the portrait subjects as seen through the eye of the camera. This book, published to accompany a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, opening in April 1996, no doubt will long remain the definitive work on its subject.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=304231 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=308127 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=124520 Pablo Picasso, undisputably one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century, is a perfect embodiment of the modern artist. Forfeiting a conventional career and scorning the artistic establishment - despite his academic training and exceptional natural talent - he fully embraced the bohemian lifestyle of the avant-garde throughout his long and productive life. In this illustrated survey of the artists career, nearly seventy full-color plates reproduce masterpieces as well as lesser-known works, demonstrating the diversity and scope of Picassos extraordinary artistic output. The son of a drawing teacher from Malaga, Spain, Picasso moved to Barcelona in 1895 and plunged into the cosmopolitan turn-of-the-century art scene of that city. By 1904 he was living in Paris in the legendary neighborhood of Montmartre. Over the next few years the artist became intrigued by Iberian sculpture and African masks, and incorporated their evocative imagery into his art, culminating in the famous 1907 painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon. Along with the painter Georges Braque, Picasso then embarked on the artistic revolution known as Cubism, an abstract style that completely altered the way the world was represented in art. As the century progressed, Picasso continued to test artistic boundaries, ultimately developing a highly personal expressionistic style. This is perhaps best represented by the well-known 1937 painting Guernica, the artists reaction to a horrific episode of civilian slaughter during the Spanish Civil War. Following World War II, Picasso settled in the south of France where he continued to work until his death in 1973.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=247844 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=308315 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=250441 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=370675 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=324576 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=291759 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=370676 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=65688 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=154560 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=304230 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=302771 The catalog of the 1988 exhibition at the Musee National dArt Moderne, Paris, and the Tate Gallery. The intimate relationship between the artist and his model, and the bold colors and freedom with which Picasso approached his subject are stimulating and provocative. Five essays offer insights into Picassos life and work during the years 1953-1972. 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