Portraiture is the unexpected survivor of the modern movement. Even as photography took over the role of recording likeness-- and artists questioned the representational basis of art-- almost all the most important artists of the 20th century experimented with portraiture, and many made it a central feature of their work. As the commissioned portrait became more the province of specialists working in conservative styles, avant-garde portraiture became an affair between artists, their friends, and-- with the proliferation of ...
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Portraiture is the unexpected survivor of the modern movement. Even as photography took over the role of recording likeness-- and artists questioned the representational basis of art-- almost all the most important artists of the 20th century experimented with portraiture, and many made it a central feature of their work. As the commissioned portrait became more the province of specialists working in conservative styles, avant-garde portraiture became an affair between artists, their friends, and-- with the proliferation of self-portraits-- their own selves. Focusing on avant-garde European paintings and sculpture from the 1890s to the 1980s, The Mirror and the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso shows the fascinating transformations that portraiture underwent as a flourishing, international phenomenon of the age. Through a spectacular panorama of late 19th- and 20th-century portraits, and using Picasso' s stylistic evolution as a constant point of reference, the book explores how the genre developed in response to artistic movements and great historical events. It features more than 100 paintings and sculptures by artists including Ce zanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Kokoschka, Beckmann, Soutine, Dubuffet, Bacon, and Freud.
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Very Good. 2007. 338 pages. Wraps lightly rubbed to edges and corners. Bumped to back spine foot. Spine uncreased. Binding sound. Interior bright and unmarked.
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Near Fine. Book Large format softcover with 220 color illustrations. Near Fine. Wraps have a short, shallow scratch near heel of spine. No marks of prior ownership. Contents in excellent shape. 338 pages.
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NF. First edition bound in black cloth with blind stamped titles on the sp ine and front cover. Illustrated, mostly in color through-out. 9 3/4" x 11 1/2", 341 pages. A Near Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The boo k has a slight spine slant. Shipping weight is six pounds. Additiona l shipping costs will apply to international orders.
