Virtu Art Books
Cubist Movement: Cubist Painters + Sculptures
The Cubist Painters
This collection of essays and reviews, written between 1905 and 1912, is a milestone in
the history of art criticism, valued today as both a work of reference and a classic
example of modernist creative writing. In addition to a faithful and fluid translation
of Apollinaire's text, Peter Read provides his own scholarly analysis of its importance
in the history of modernism. He examines Apollinaire's art criticism, his relationship
to the Cubist movement, and, more specifically, the genesis of Cubist Painters through
its various revisions and proofs. Supported by all forty-five plates from the original
edition, this new volume brings Apollinaire's vitality and vision to life for a new
generation.
Jacques Lipchitz: The First Cubist Sculptor
The threat of Hitler's troops prompted Lipchitz to move to America in 1941, where he
stayed until his death in 1973, successfully rebuilt his career and became recognised
as the grand old man of Cubism. Little has been written on Lipchitz's career as a
whole, but this work, published to accompany a gift of 40 sculptures to the Courtauld
Gallery, London, sets out to redress this. Cathy Putz presents a thorough analysis of
the sculptor's career illustrated with 80 colour images and numerous archival photographs,
some of which have never been seen before.
Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction: The Early Twentieth Century (Modern Art, Practices & Debates)
The book presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the 20th century. The
authors begin by exploring how aspects of the primitive were invoked by rural artists'
colonies formed in France and Germany at the end of the 19th century and by the work of
the Fauves and the German Expressionists a few years later. The book then develops an
analysis of Cubist works based on semiotic theory, considering the social and cultural
values encoded in such signifying systems, and investigating the relationship between
representation and ideology. The final chapter considers some problems of interpretation
and evolution posed by specific examples of abstract art ranging from Malevich to Mondrian
Picasso: Style and Meaning
With unfailing intelligence and clarity, an unobtrusive mastery of her sources and
exceptional skill in marshalling her arguments, 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
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Publisher:
Tate Publishing