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Product Identifiers
PublisherPhaidon Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100714829501
ISBN-139780714829500
eBay Product ID (ePID)2256620
Product Key Features
Book TitlePicasso : Style and Meaning
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General, European
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreArt
AuthorElizabeth Cowling
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight94.4 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width8.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews'... This prize-winning volume offers tremendous value in two respects. It is a visual feast, containing all Picasso's major works up to 1940, and Cowling's text is a constant delight, always readable, revelatory and knowledgable.' (The Independent Arts and Books Review)
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal759.6
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisPablo Picasso (1881-1973) is notorious for various forms of excess - excess in his love life, an excessive output, an excessively inconsistent style. In this groundbreaking book Elizabeth Cowling draws on her exceptional knowledge as an authority on Picasso to argue that he came to equate stylistic consistency with sterility. Abandoning the traditional use of subject matter to achieve variety and meaning, Picasso gradually reduced his to a handful of standardized motifs and used a vast array of different styles as the principal means of communicating ideas and feelings. In short, style is meaning in Picasso's art; his notoriously mercurial nature found expression in stylistic variety and experimentation. With rare intelligence and clarity, the author has woven biography and analysis into a compelling narrative. The 600 illustrations include all of Picasso's major works up to the beginning of World War II, and these are juxtaposed with their sources - Old Masters, contemporary artists, found objects and Picasso's own drawings and sketches - to make a visually telling counterpoint to the arguments of the text. Scholars familiar with Picasso's work will find Cowling's fresh insights a revelation and readers new to Picasso will come away with a profound understanding of both Picasso and his art.
LC Classification NumberND813.D3
