Suzanne Preston Blier

Picasso's Demoiselles

The Untold Origins of a Modern Masterpiece

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Produktbeschreibung

Eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers a previously unknown history of the influences and creative process of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, one of the twentieth century's most important, celebrated, and studied paintings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9781478000051
• ISBN-10: 1478000058
• Artikelnr.: 54307639

Autorenporträt

Suzanne Preston Blier is Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the author and editor of numerous books, including Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba: Ife History, Power, and Identity c. 1300.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface  ix
Introduction  1
1. Setting, Sources, Titles, and Time  19
2. The Making of a Painting  52
3. Art in the Flesh  81
4. The Sorcerer's Apprentice  111
5. L'Oiseau du Bénin  152
6. The Global Brothel  185
7. Le Bordel Philosophique  222
Conclusions. The Creative Nexus  264
Acknowledgments  297
Sketchbooks: New Dating  300
Chronology  305
List of Illustrations  312
Notes  333
References  365
Index  415