书目

A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: 1907-1917 v. 2

内容简介

JohnRichardsondrawsonthesamecombinationoflivelywriting,criticalastuteness,exhaustiveresearch,andpersonalexperiencewhichmadeabestselleroutofthefirstvolumeandvividlyrecreatestheartist'slifeandworkduringthecrucialdecadeof1907-17-aperiodduringwhichPabloPicassoandGeorgesBraqueinventedCubismandtothatextentengenderedmodernism.Richardsonhashaduniqueaccesstountappedsourcesandunpublishedmaterial.Byharnessingbiographytoarthistory,hehasmanagedtocrackthecodeofcubismmoresuccessfullythananyofhispredecessors.Andbybringingafreshlighttobearontheartist'softentoosensationalisedprivatelife,hehassucceededincomingupwithatotallynewviewofthisparadoxicalmanofhisparadoxicalwork.NeverbeforehasPicasso'sprodigioustechnique,hisincisivevisionandnotleasthissardonichumourbeenanalysedwithsuchclarity.

作者简介

JohnRichardsonwasborninLondonin1924.HestudiedartattheSladeSchoolbutsoongaveuppaintingforartcriticism.In1949hemovedtoFrance,wherehelivedforthenexttwelveyears,befriendingPicasso,Braque,Léger,andCocteau.Intheearly

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