After Picasso and Matisse, Braque is the third man of modern art. Together with Picasso, he pioneered the greatest revolution in Western ways of seeing since the Renaissance, and if an 'ism' can be said to be invented by a person, Cubism was invented by Braque. In life, a combination of heroic soldier and Zen master, he seemed to survive everything - even the shattering of his skull on the Western Front in 1915 - but, in death, his story remains untold. To reveal Braque, as Alex Danchev does here, is to revise Picasso - ...
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After Picasso and Matisse, Braque is the third man of modern art. Together with Picasso, he pioneered the greatest revolution in Western ways of seeing since the Renaissance, and if an 'ism' can be said to be invented by a person, Cubism was invented by Braque. In life, a combination of heroic soldier and Zen master, he seemed to survive everything - even the shattering of his skull on the Western Front in 1915 - but, in death, his story remains untold. To reveal Braque, as Alex Danchev does here, is to revise Picasso - and to illuminate one of the most influential figures in modern art.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2012. Tight, square and unmarked, NF/NF. Slightly handled. 440pp. Illustrations. Dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Arcade, 2012; first edition with full number line; xvi, 440pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; black paper boards also very good; bronze titling remains bright and bold. Ends of spine bumped. Light edgewear to jacket, overall handsome. Eight pages of color and eight pages of black-and-white glossy plates. Light toning to page block. Interior is free of markings, but a few pages are previously dog-eared. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to the size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply for international orders.
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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 1559707437. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some wear to the edges.; 6.375 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 456 pages.
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Used: Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Clean and unmarked. Some minor cosmetic shelf wear. From a private collection. Very good condition. Comes from non smoking home.
