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The first part of Volume 14 of the Yearbook presents ten essays concerned with Futurism in Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Germany, and two focusing on dance and typography. Among other things, this publication provides analysis of the futurist manifestos from late 1910 and 1911 and Velimir Khlebnikov's futurist essays, as well as the networks of Futurism in Odessa. In the second part, a section on Caricatures and Satires of Futurism in the Contemporary Press　examines five humorous images from five countries, in which the movement and its leader were lampooned. This section is followed by nine reviews of recent exhibitions, conferences and publications, and an annual bibliography with details of 128 new books on Futurism. Futurism from international, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives Transcultural view of international avant-gardes

American-born Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)—known as the ‘Poster King'— is recognized as one of the most important designers to have worked in England and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. This book, which critically surveys Kauffer's entire career, deals with his acclaimed posters but also emphasizes other aspects of his career as a designer: book jackets, book illustrations, carpets, textiles, and theatre costumes and sets. An Artist in Design is the first detailed study of Kauffer's complete working life and provides a thorough and balanced assessment of its significance.

Modigliani: Man and Myth by Jeanne Modigliani offers an intimate and insightful biography of her father, Amedeo Modigliani, the celebrated Italian painter and sculptor known for his distinctive portraits and elongated forms. Through this personal account, Jeanne explores not only the artistic achievements of Modigliani but also the myths, struggles, and complexities that defined his short yet impactful life.The book traces Modigliani's journey from his early years in Livorno, Italy, to his life in Paris, where he became immersed in the vibrant art scene alongside figures such as Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brâncuși, and Chaim Soutine. Modigliani's bohemian lifestyle, marked by poverty, illness, and addiction, forms a backdrop to his artistic evolution. Jeanne Modigliani delves into the artist's personal relationships, including his romance with Jeanne Hébuterne, whose tragic fate added another layer to the mythology surrounding his life.Through a combination of personal reflections, archival material, and critical analysis, Jeanne seeks to separate fact from fiction, offering a balanced portrayal of her father as both a flawed individual and a visionary artist. The book provides detailed insights into Modigliani's creative process and his quest to fuse elements of Italian Renaissance art with modernist experimentation.Illustrated with reproductions of his most iconic works, Modigliani: Man and Myth offers readers a deeper understanding of the themes, inspirations, and emotions that shaped his paintings and sculptures. Jeanne Modigliani's nuanced narrative goes beyond the romanticized image of the tormented artist, presenting a portrait of a man driven by passion, ambition, and artistic integrity despite the hardships he endured.This biography is essential for readers interested in the life and work of Amedeo Modigliani, as well as those drawn to the world of early 20th-century art. It offers a rare and personal glimpse into the mind of an artist whose influence continues to resonate in the art world today.

This is the story of one of the world's most iconic images. Martin Bailey explains why Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower still lifes in Provence. He then explores the subsequent adventures of the seven pictures, and their influence on modern art. Through the Sunflowers, we gain fresh insights into Van Gogh's life and his path to fame. Based on original research, the book is packed with discoveries – throwing new light on the legendary artist.

Né à Paris en 1820 dans un milieu modeste, mort en 1889 à Paris, c'est à force de ténacité qu'Eugène Lavieille devint artiste peintre, malgré des réticences familiales, et son manque de ressources. Élève de Corot, il fut peintre paysagiste, épris de la nature qu'il a abordée en véritable poète, et qu'il peignit par tous les temps, en toutes saisons... Admiré pour ses tableaux de « nuits », il est remarquable dans ses peintures printanières ou de plein été, par sa sensibilité aux jeux de lumière et dans le choix et l'harmonie des couleurs… Il consacrera toute sa vie à la peinture, essentiellement dans l'Île-de-France et en Normandie. Il fit partie de ce qui a été appelé « l'école de Barbizon ». Cependant, certaines de ses peintures annoncent les impressionnistes. Il a très souvent exposé, lors des Salons et en province. Il fut salué par plusieurs critiques, notamment Baudelaire ou Théophile Gautier. Nombre de ses tableaux sont dans des musées français, ou à l'étranger.

Dans l'entre-deux-guerres à Paris, au moment où une frange d'intellectuels unit ses voix aux mouvements nationalistes, des critiques d'art gravitant autour de l'École de Paris prennent des positions esthétiques et idéologiques parfois déroutantes. L'ouvrage examine les motivations personnelles, communautaires et sociales des diverses plumes qui ont débattu la question d'un « art juif » et de son éventuel caractère « ethnique ». Il étoffe notre compréhension de la politisation des discours sur l'art, sans céder à une vision simplificatrice ou binaire : à l'heure de la montée des fascismes, certains critiques d'art se sont adaptés aux circonstances, reflétant les glissements et les instabilités de l'époque.

Memoir of a provocative Parisian art dealer at the heart of the 20th-century art world, available in English for the first time. Berthe Weill, a formidable Parisian dealer, was born into a Jewish family of very modest means. One of the first female gallerists in the business, she first opened the Galerie B. Weill in the heart of Paris's art gallery district in 1901, holding innumerable exhibitions over nearly forty years. Written out of art history for decades, Weill has only recently regained the recognition she deserves. Under five feet tall and bespectacled, Weill was beloved by the artists she supported, and she rejected the exploitative business practices common among art dealers. Despite being a self-proclaimed “terrible businesswoman,” Weill kept her gallery open for four decades, defying the rising tide of antisemitism before Germany's occupation of France. By the time of her death in 1951, Weill had promoted more than three hundred artists—including Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Diego Rivera, and Suzanne Valadon—many of whom were women and nearly all young and unknown when she first exhibited them. Pow! Right in the Eye! makes Weill's provocative 1933 memoir finally available to English readers, offering rare insights into the Parisian avant-garde and a lively inside account of the development of the modern art market.

„Vom bildnerischen Engagement zur Kunstwende“ drückt aus, wie die faszinierende Kunstrichtung des Expressionismus in dieser Dokumentation behandelt wird. In etwa 100 farbigen Werk–Beispielen und Kurzbiografien der vorgestellten Maler wie Max Beckmann, Otto Dix Emil Nolde, Paul Klee, Gabriele Münter oder Van Gogh beschreiben die Autoren diesen revolutionierenden Malstil.

École de Paris steht seit jeher für die internationale Pariser Kunstszene zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, untrennbar verbunden mit auratischen Namen wie Picasso oder Matisse. Doch daneben wirkten in der École de Paris auch Porträtisten und Porträtistinnen, deren mondäne Damenporträts in der Pariser Gesellschaft sehr beliebt waren: U.a. Paul-César Helleu, Giovanni Boldini, Marie Laurencin, Kees van Dongen und Jacqueline Marval kreierten mit dem Portrait à la mode ein eigenes Genre, das – im Schatten der Avantgarde – kunsthistorisch bisher wenig Beachtung fand. Stets auf der Höhe der Zeit bieten die Portraits à la mode Anlass zu einer kritischen Betrachtung der Gesellschaft, der Mode und des sich wandelnden Frauenbildes während der Belle Époque, der Zwischenkriegszeit und der „Verrückten Zwanziger“.

Issu d'une famille très modeste, Eugène Paul, dit Gen Paul (1895-1975), est l'un des trois grands peintres expressionnistes du XXe siècle avec Georges Rouault et Chaïm Soutine. Mais si Rouault exprime un mysticisme révoltéface à une société en déchéance, si Soutine exprime le profond mal-être d'un homme en souffrance, le vibrant Gen Paul, lui, se tourne vers la vie, vers l'avenir, vers l'épanouissement de soi, quand bien même la malédiction ne l'épargne pas : la perte d'une jambe en 1915, la pauvreté, la drogue, l'alcool, les amours inachevées…Ami de Maurice Utrillo, de Francis Carco, de Marcel Aymé, de Louis-Ferdinand Céline, tous montmartrois comme lui aux beaux jours de la bohème, Gen Paul était destiné à devenir boucher ou tapissier. Sa vocation d'artiste peintre l'a conduit sur les sentiers de la reconnaissance internationale puisque des collectionneurs suisses et américains, notamment, ont acquis nombre de ses œuvres et que l'armateur grec Onassis l'a lui-même sollicité. Mais que l'on ne s'y trompe pas : un créateur ne saurait aliéner sa liberté pour de l'argent. Le succès n'a modifié ni le caractère, ni le comportement de Gen Paul, dont on découvrira la véritable personnalité en lisant, à la fin de cette biographie, la transcription de la « Radioscopie » animée par Jacques Chancelen janvier 1971. Le présent ouvrage est une réédition, revue et corrigée, du livre paru en 2007 sous l'égide de La Table Ronde.

Vincent Van Gogh's Lebensgeschichte, die längst zu den spannendsten Biografien weltberühmter Maler zählt, wird in diesem neu bearbeiteten E-Book sowohl durch eindrucksvolle Farbwiedergaben bekannter und weniger bekannter Gemälde, Landschaften, Porträts und Stillleben – als auch durch selbstverfasste Zeugnisse eines umtriebigen Lebens vorgestellt, die Einblicke in seine Welt und Werk erlauben. Besessen von seiner Malerei schuf er in nur 10 Jahren ein beeindruckendes Gesamtwerk. Abgelehnt und gedemütigt von der breiten Öffentlichkeit wurde sein verkanntes Genie nicht als Kunst gesehen, von Frauen wurde van Gogh nicht als Mann akzeptiert und von der Kirche als Prediger abgelehnt. Trotz dieser tragischen Umstände sind seine Gemälde von pulsierendem Leben geprägt – Ausdruck faszinierender Schönheit und beseelt von dem Gedanken, die Errungenschaften der Menschheit mit den Gaben der Natur in Einklang zu bringen.

The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause célèbre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by revealing how certain Jewish outsiders came to acquire so many old and modern masterpieces in the first place – and what this reveals about Jews, art, and modernity. This book tells the epic story of the fortunes and misfortunes of a small number of eminent art dealers and collectors who, against the odds, played a pivotal role in the migration of works of art from Europe to the United States and in the triumph of modern art. Beautifully written and compellingly told, this story takes place on both sides of the Atlantic from the late nineteenth century to the present. It is set against the backdrop of critical transformations, among them the gradual opening of European high culture, the ambiguities of Jewish acculturation, the massive sell-off of aristocratic family art collections, the emergence of different schools of modern art, the cultural impact of World War I, and the Nazi war against the Jews.

Countless dollars of art are stolen or looted every year, yet governments often consider art theft a luxury problem. With limited public law enforcement, what prevents thieves, looters and organised criminal gangs from flooding the market with stolen art? How can theft victims get justice – even decades after their loss? What happens if the legal definition of a good title is at odds with what is morally right? Enter the Art Loss Register, a private database dedicated to tracking down stolen artworks. Blocking the sale of disputed artworks creates a space for private resolutions – often amicable and sometimes entertainingly adversarial. This book is based on ten cases from the Art Loss Register's archive, showing how restitutions were negotiated, how priceless objects were retrieved from the economic underworld and how thieves and fences end up in court and behind bars. A fascinating guide to the dark side of the global art market.

How artists at the turn of the twentieth century broke with traditional ways of posing the bodies of human figures to reflect modern understandings of human consciousness. With this book, Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen brings a new formal and conceptual rubric to the study of turn-of-the-century modernism, transforming our understanding of the era's canonical works. Butterfield-Rosen analyzes a hitherto unexamined formal phenomenon in European art: how artists departed from conventions for posing the human figure that had long been standard. In the decades around 1900, artists working in different countries and across different media began to present human figures in strictly frontal, lateral, and dorsal postures. The effect, both archaic and modern, broke with the centuries-old tradition of rendering bodies in torsion, with poses designed to simulate the human being's physical volume and capacity for autonomous thought and movement. This formal departure destabilized prevailing visual codes for signifying the existence of the inner life of the human subject. Exploring major works by Georges Seurat, Gustav Klimt, and the dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky— replete with new archival discoveries—Modern Art and the Remaking of Human Disposition combines intensive formal analysis with inquiries into the history of psychology and evolutionary biology. In doing so, it shows how modern understandings of human consciousness and the relation of mind to body were materialized in art through a new vocabulary of postures and poses.

Der Kunsthistoriker und Philosoph, Charles Wentinck, der neben seiner Tätigkeit als Autor und Kunstsachverständiger viele Jahre lang dem Niederländischen Königshaus als Berater in Sachen Kunst und Kultur diente, unternimmt in diesem Werk einen gewagten Streifzug durch die Kunstgeschichte Europas – von der Entdeckung der vorzeitlichen Höhlenmalerei in der Höhle von Altamira bei Santillana del Mar in Spanien bis zur Modernen Kunst heutiger Tage. Aber gerade das war ursprünglich gar nicht beabsichtigt. Freilich sollte dem Bild der Kunst, das nur summarisch und in Umrissen entworfen wurde, mehr entnommen werden können als nur die Entwicklung des künstlerischen Handwerks. Solange von den niederländischen Malereien des 17. Jahrhunderts, den flämischen Primitiven, der italienischen Renaissance, den griechischen Marmorbildern oder römischen Wandmalereien die Rede war, schienen alle sicher zu wissen, was unter Kunst zu verstehen sei. Je mehr wir uns freilich neueren Zeitläufen nähern, desto mehr scheint unsere Sicherheit dahinzuschwinden. Die Vielfalt moderner Erscheinungsformen von Kunst ist und bleibt verwirrend. Viele zeitgenössische Schöpfungen haben kaum mehr etwas zu tun mit dem Handwerk des Malers oder Bildhauers, mit dem jedenfalls, was man in früheren Zeiten darunter verstand. Und oft erhebt sich die Frage; Haben die Äußerungen der modernen Kunst überhaupt noch einen Sinn? Die Frage selbst ist eigentlich nur sinnvoll, wenn man bereit ist, sie auch mehr oder weniger umzukehren und zu fragen; Hatte die alte Kunst denn einen »Sinn«? Erleben Sie in diesem reich bebilderten Buch die aufschlussreich wie spannende Auflösung der Frage, die sich der Autor stellt, vor dem Hintergrund der Kunstentwicklung in Europa.

Il fallait revenir sur ce remarquable 1er Festival mondial des Arts nègres organisé en 1966 à Dakar par le Président Senghor, dans le sillage des indépendances africaines. Cinquante ans après, cet ouvrage porte la double marque du devoir de mémoire et du souci d'inventaire, « Mémoire et actualité » : exercice lucide d'appropriation de cet héritage et d'appréciation exigeante de ses effets sur le présent. Quels sont les acquis de cet événement majeur? Comment tracer des perspectives nouvelles pour permettre à l'Afrique de prendre son destin en main dans un monde plus fraternel et plus solidaire?

Les textes critiques réunis dans cet ouvrage sont constitués en deux grands temps : les impressions d'actions personnelles effectuées en tant qu'artiste, créateur de concepts et les impressions d'actions passagères en rapport avec d'autres artistes, connus ou peu connus. Cet exercice revisite ainsi une façon d'être critique d'art en considérant une démarche analytique et maîtrisée dans le faire artistique.

A survey of modern art from the Impressionists to the present, with a new chapter on the art of the seventies and eighties, and corrections and revisions in the text.

This book presents a historical panorama of the Polish avant-garde in Berlin from 19th century historical avant-garde until the recent art. Looking at specific artistic strategies and development of modernist paradigm both in the pre- and post-Second World War period from the perspective of the migration experience, this book offers a deep insight into mechanisms, relations and identity programmes of particular artists or groups. It also reveals the dynamics of eventual cultural exchange or alternative forms of artistic transformation and message that Polish artists imprinted in the Berlin's art scene. Whether historical avant-garde or the neo-avant-garde, the component of novelty inscribed in the term itself ceases to be a sheer, one-dimensional slogan and reveals a whole range of cultural projections that artist-migrants are both creators and the subject of. Here the notion of exoticism, wilderness, but also critical and ironical approach often constitute the perception of Polish art in the Berlin milieu.

Jean Tranchant commença par réaliser des objets Art déco que s'arrachaient des célébrités telles que Charlie Chaplin et Joséphine Baker. Il composa ensuite des chansons à succès qu'interprétaient de nombreuses vedettes. Acteur de premier plan du renouveau de la chanson française, Jean Tranchant fut le précurseur et l'inspirateur de Charles Trénet et il sut s'entourer des plus grands jazzmen français. Cet ouvrage retrace la vie du chanteur et ses multiples activités artistiques (décorateur, peintre, compositeur, etc.), dans le contexte sociohistorique des époques qu'il a traversées, y compris pendant les seize années passées en Amérique du Sud et son retour dans la France des années 60.

Das monumentale Palais de Tokyo in Paris, einst im internationalen Austausch zur Weltausstellung 1937 konzipiert als modernster Museumsbau, ist heute eines der größten Kunstzentren Europas. Diese erste umfassende Monographie zeigt, wie das erste staatliche Museum moderner Kunst Frankreichs zu einem globalen Zentrum der Gegenwartskunst und der zeitgenössischen Kunsttheorie wurde. Besatzungs- und Nachkriegszeit, die Planung des Centre Pompidou, das experimentelle Musée d'Art et d'Essai, das Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques und Ambitionen für ein staatliches Zentrum für Foto und Film seit den 1980er Jahren sind nur einige Eckpunkte dieser Geschichte bis zur Entstehung des zeitgenössischen Ausstellungshauses und jüngsten Debatten um relationale Ästhetik und partizipative Kunst.

An Artist's Insights on Art Appreciation Written by a practicing artist, this book decodes and maps the basic elements of visual art, leading the reader to a greater understanding and appreciation. Not an art history lesson per se, this illustrated guide is rather a tool kit to make the study of art and a visit to the museum truly rewarding. An entertaining and informative read, The Joy of Art offers the reader:A working art vocabulary to help you identify and explain what you're looking atAnswers to many of the questions you may have about visual art in generalA summary of the basic criteria to consider when looking at artHighlights of the primary art genres and an introduction to the artists who pursued themMany visual examples of aesthetic considerations and practicesInteresting facts about your favorite artists and clues to why they made the choices they didA few games to test your new skillsThe Joy of Art contains 150 color photographs and many interesting insights from an artist-author who takes readers behind the curtain and into the studio to uncover what actually goes into making a work of art. If you love art, this book will take your appreciation to a new level. Not only will your enjoyment of art increase, you'll be able to clearly communicate your understanding to others.

What drives an artist to create? And are there common traits that successful artists possess? In The Making of an Artist, Kristin G. Congdon draws on her years of studying and teaching art at all levels – from universities to correctional settings – to identify three traits that are regularly found in successful artists: desire, courage and commitment. In this collection Congdon explores each of those traits, as well as giving ethnographic case studies of six visual artists from diverse backgrounds and locations whose practices embody them. Marrying the work of biography, journalism, sociology and psychology, the book opens up the often mysterious process of making art, showing us how those characteristics play into it, as well as how other factors, such as trauma, madness, class and gender, affect the ways that people approach the creative process. Powerfully insightful and fully accessible, The Making of an Artist will be an invaluable resource for practicing artists, those just setting out on artistic careers, and art teachers alike.

Die Geschichte des Kunsthandels im'Dritten Reich'zu schreiben, steht nicht nur aufgrund einer schwierigen Quellenlage vor besonderen Herausforderungen. Zwischen Komplizenschaft und Sabotage verstrickt sich das Handeln der Akteure in eklatante Widersprüche. Vom Alltagsgeschäft der Kunsthändler bis zum Widerstand gegen restriktive Vorschriften reicht das Themenspektrum, vom Auktionshandel bis zum Schwarz- und Schattenmarkt, von zahllosen Verbrechen nicht nur an jüdischen Sammlern und Händlern bis zum Kunstraub in den von deutschen Truppen besetzten Ländern. Kunst- und Wirtschaftshistoriker untersuchen in diesem Buch den Kunstmarkt und seine Mechanismen im Nationalsozialismus, die Rolle der Raubkunst sowie insbesondere moderner und'entarteter'Werke auf dem Kunstmarkt im'Dritten Reich'.

From the Preface:'The essays in Feminist Art Criticism are theoretical, and we selected them for several reasons. First, they show a diversity of concerns. These include spirituality, sexuality, the representation of women in art, the necessary inter-relationship of theory and action, women as artmakers, ethnicity, language itself, so-called postfeminism and critiques of hte art world, the discipline of art history and the practice of art criticism. Second, the contributors'work has not been either widely disseminated or readily available. Third, the essays, especially arranged as they are (chronologically), demonstrate a continuous feminist discourse in art from the early 1970s through the present, a discourse that is neither monolithic nor intellectually trendy but that rather exhibits many elements, the polemical, Marxist, lyrical, and poststructuralist being only a few.'

A long-needed corrective and alternative view of Western art history, these seventeen essays by respected scholars are arranged chronologically and cover every major period from the ancient Egyptian to the present. While several of the essays deal with major women artists, the book is essentially about Western art history and the extent to which it has been distorted, in every period, by sexual bias. With 306 illustrations.

The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context is a challenging exploration of the transnational formation, dissemination, and transformation of expressionism outside of the German-speaking world, in regions such as Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Scandinavia, Western and Southern Europe, North and Latin America, and South Africa, in the first half of the twentieth century.Comprising a series of essays by an international group of scholars in the fields of art history and literary and cultural studies, the volume addresses the intellectual discussions and artistic developments arising in the context of the expressionist movement in the various art centers and cultural regions. The authors also examine the implications of expressionism in artistic practice and its influence on modern and contemporary cultural production.Essential for an in-depth understanding and discussion of expressionism, this volume opens up new perspectives on developments in the visual arts of this period and challenges the traditional narratives that have predominantly focused on artistic styles and national movements.

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. For survey courses in Art History Welcoming, inclusive, engaging, and global Art History brings the history of art to life for a new generation of students. It is global in scope, inclusive in its coverage, and warm and welcoming in tone. The guiding vision of Art History is that the teaching of art history survey courses should be filled with equal delight, enjoyment, and serious learning, while fostering an enthusiastic and educated public for the visual arts. The Sixth Edition has been revised to reflect new discoveries, recent research, and fresh interpretive perspectives, as well as to address the changing needs of both students and educators. Art History, Sixth Edition is also available via Revel™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

Les rois, les révolutionnaires, les voyageurs collectionnaient des objets rapportés du monde entier. Les pays du monde occidental en ont fait des musées depuis 1753. Cet ouvrage raconte l'histoire du musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro ouvert en 1882 et magnifié comme musée de l'Homme en 1938. L'auteur analyse également le rôle de nombreux acteurs prestigieux dans la renommée de cette institution. (Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV y sont associés. Apollinaire, André Malraux, Hô Chi Minh, Marcel Griaule, Paul-Émile Victor, Germaine Tillion, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Leiris, Jean Rouch...)

Die Autorin analysiert umfassend das Frühwerk des deutschen Künstlers Otto Freundlich (1878–1943). Dieser begann bereits während seines ersten Paris-Aufenthaltes 1908 eine eigenständige, nicht-gegenständliche Formensprache zu entwickeln, ohne sich wie zahlreiche seiner Zeitgenossen den vorherrschenden Kunststilen anzupassen oder unterzuordnen: «Ich habe […] nach meiner inneren Überzeugung geschaffen, die verlangte, von der Tradition abzugehen.» Anhand der Rekonstruktion seines Netzwerkes positioniert die Untersuchung den Künstler als selbstbewussten Wegbereiter der Abstraktion innerhalb der Pariser Avantgarde.

This is a story about rivalry among artists. Not the kind of rivalry that grows out of hatred and dislike, but rather, rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love. The kind of rivalry that existed between Degas and Manet, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon. These were some of the most famous and creative relationships in the history of art, driving each individual to heights of creativity and inspiration - and provoking them to despair, jealousy and betrayal. Matisse's success threatened Picasso so much that his friends would throw darts at a portrait of his rival's beloved daughter Marguerite, shouting'there's one in the eye for Matisse!'And Willem de Kooning's twisted friendship with Jackson Pollock didn't stop him taking up with his friend's lover barely a year after Pollock's fatal car crash. In The Art of Rivalry, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee explores how, as both artists struggled to come into their own, they each played vital roles in provoking the other's creative breakthroughs - ultimately determining the course of modern art itself.

Les bouleversements au cours du XXe siècle dans l'histoire mondiale vont provoquer une incroyable métamorphose de l'art occidental. Une création artistique foisonnante et révolutionnaire va se répandre dans un monde dorénavant sans frontières. Elle laisse libre cours à une extraordinaire prolifération des courants artistiques, du fauvisme au Pop Art. Cet ouvrage présente des illustrations des exemples les plus marquants de cette période, accompagnées d'essais rédigés par des critiques et des historiens de l'art. En tant que fenêtre ouvrant sur la psychologie des grands artistes modernes, L'Art du XXe siècle est le livre indispensable à tout amateur d'art contemporain.

Das 20. Jahrhundert löste eine Revolution in der Kunstgeschichte aus. Innerhalb weniger Jahre brach sich die Moderne Bahn und scheute nicht davor zurück, sich über die jahrhundertelange Tradition gegenständlicher Darstellung hinwegzusetzen, um etwas radikal Neues zu schaffen. Dieses umfassende Überblickswerk der Moderne stellt alle wichtigen künstlerischen Strömungen des 20. Jahrhunderts vor, vom Fauvismus bis hin zur Pop Art. Die instruktiven, von Experten der Kunstgeschichte verfassten Beiträge sind mit zahlreichen Bildbeispielen der einflussreichsten Werke jener Ära illustriert. Kunst und Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts gibt einen einzigartigen Einblick in das Innenleben der größten Künstler der Moderne und ist ein Muss für jeden Liebhaber zeitgenössischer Kunst.

Das 20. Jahrhundert löste eine Revolution in der Kunstgeschichte aus. Innerhalb weniger Jahre brach sich die Moderne Bahn und scheute nicht davor zurück, sich über die jahrhundertelange Tradition gegenständlicher Darstellung hinwegzusetzen, um etwas radikal Neues zu schaffen. Dieses umfassende Überblickswerk der Moderne stellt alle wichtigen künstlerischen Strömungen des 20. Jahrhunderts vor, vom Fauvismus bis hin zur Pop Art. Die instruktiven, von Experten der Kunstgeschichte verfassten Beiträge sind mit zahlreichen Bildbeispielen der einflussreichsten Werke jener Ära illustriert. Kunst und Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts gibt einen einzigartigen Einblick in das Innenleben der größten Künstler der Moderne und ist ein Muss für jeden Liebhaber zeitgenössischer Kunst.

For novices and experienced collectors alike, Collecting and Care of Fine Art is a thorough examination of the intricacies of the art market. Written by a professional art dealer, this book covers all phases of buying, selling, and caring for works of art, from auctions and insurance to restorations and appraisals.Carl David's advice to the layman is invaluable, covering such topics as the characteristics of a gallery and its proprietor that will assure forthright dealings; what deals to avoid; the criteria to be followed by the beginner about to make his first purchase; and precautions to take in the conservation of paintings, from simple cleaning to restoration techniques.For the art collector, indispensible information is provided, including details of shipping and insuring works of art, how to gauge the competence of an appraiser, the many elements that influence art prices, the tax benefits and liabilities of art investment, and much more.This book is a practical and wide-reaching guide that collectors and investors may turn to with confidence. In this updated edition, the author includes new and up-to-date chapters and information.

Born in Berlin in 1931 to Jewish parents, the eight-year-old Auerbach was sent to England in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime. His parents stayed behind and died in a concentration camp in 1943. Now in his eighties, Auerbach is still producing his distinctly sculptural paintings of friends, family and surroundings in north London, where he has made his home since the war. The art historian and curator Catherine Lampert has had unique access to the artist since 1978 when she first became one of his sitters. With an emphasis on Auerbach's own words, culled from her conversations with him and archival interviews, she provides a rare insight into his professional life, working methods and philosophy. Auerbach also reflects on the places, people and inspirations that have shaped his life. These include his experiences as a refugee child, finding his way in the London art world of the 1950s and 1960s, his friendships with Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Leon Kossoff, among many others, and his approaches to looking and painting throughout his career. For anyone interested in how an artist approaches his craft or his method of capturing reality this is essential reading.

The fact that Paul Klee (1879–1940) consistently intertwined the visual and the verbal in his art has long fascinated commentators from Walter Benjamin to Michel Foucault. However, the questions it prompts have never been satisfactorily answered—until now. In Paul Klee, Annie Bourneuf offers the first full account of the interplay between the visible and the legible in Klee's works from the 1910s and 1920s. Bourneuf argues that Klee joined these elements to invite a manner of viewing that would unfold in time, a process analogous to reading. From his elaborate titles to the small scale he favored to his metaphoric play with materials, Klee created forms that hover between the pictorial and the written. Through his unique approach, he subverted forms of modernist painting that were generally seen to threaten slow, contemplative viewing. Tracing the fraught relations among seeing, reading, and imagining in the early twentieth century, Bourneuf shows how Klee reconceptualized abstraction at a key moment in its development.

Cette étude fait découvrir la pensée esthétique de Senghor, pour en dégager les principaux paradigmes et montrer leurs ramifications à travers les Amériques, où ils ont favorisé la naissance d'un'monde créolisé', fait d'ancestralités complexes, de'généalogies kafkaïennes', qui s'applique à briser les mythes et à instaurer un nouveau dialogue universel.

Seit 1997 widmet sich das Deutsche Forum für Kunstgeschichte in Paris der Erforschung der der deutschen und französischen Kunst vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart und insbesondere den deutsch-französischen Kunstbeziehungen. Mit der Publikationsreihe Passagen/Passages werden die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Projekte des Instituts einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. In einer Unterreihe erscheinen Studien und Quellenbände zu den deutsch-französischen Kunstbeziehungen mit besonderer Berücksichtung der Aspekte der Kritik und der Vermittlung.

Der Kunsthistoriker Richard Hamann (1879-1961) beschäftigte sich als Professor in Marburg und Ost-Berlin, als freier Autor und Vortragsredner sowie zugleich auch als Museumsleiter und Kunstsammler über Jahrzehnte hinweg mit moderner Kunst. Er, der sich selbst'Fanatiker der Sachlichkeit'nannte, verstand das Kunstwerk der Moderne als'Sache'und rückte dessen Gemachtsein in den Fokus. Im Vergleich mit 17 weiteren Dozenten des Faches Kunstgeschichte untersucht die Studie Hamanns Agieren innerhalb des Moderne-Diskurses sowie der Kunst- und Wissenschaftspolitik von Weimarer Republik,'Drittem Reich', Bundesrepublik und DDR.

Eine Entdeckungsreise durch die Epochen, Stile und Richtungen der Kunst - von der Höhlenmalerei bis zur GegenwartEin Besuch in einer Kunstgalerie kann einen überwältigen – eine erstaunliche Parade von rätselhaften Bildern, Gegenständen und Installationen, von Künstlern und Kunstrichtungen, die uns kaum einen klaren Blick dafür vermitteln, wie das, was da alles zusammenhängt, auch zusammenpasst. Die 50 Schlüsselideen Kunst helfen, den Überblick zu behalten. Für alle, die Schwierigkeiten haben, Degas von Dalí oder Monet von Mondrian zu unterscheiden, bietet dieser informative Ratgeber Hinweise auf 50 der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Grundkonzepte in der Kunst – von den Ideen der alten Griechen bis zu solchen der Gegenwart. Aufgenommen sind dabei einerseits Stilepochen wie Barock, Renaissance, die niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, altägyptische Kunst oder klassische Antike, andererseits werden unterschiedliche Stilrichtungen betrachtet wie Romantik, Kubismus, Minimalismus, Surrealismus, Pop-Art, Konzeptkunst und Medienkunst. Die wichtigsten Schlüsselbegriffe werden in einem Glossar, das dem klaren, kompakten und auch kunstvollen Text von Susie Hodge beigegeben ist, sowie durch Mini-Essays und Kurzbiografien von epochemachenden Künstlern vertieft. Mit einer instruktiven Auswahl von Bildern, die beispielhaft Stilmerkmale und künstlerische Ideen zeigen, und mit einer übersichtlichen historischen Zeitleiste wird jede Kunstrichtung in ihren Kontext gestellt und insgesamt ein breiter Überblick über die weltweit bedeutendsten Entwicklungen von Kunst und Design vermittelt. Wem die künstlerische Ausdrucksweise jemals ein Rätsel war und wer sich einen groben Überblick verschaffen möchte, der wird bei diesem Buch voll auf seine Kosten kommen.

Cet ouvrage procède à un examen critique de la sphère de l'art en général, des activités de création artistique et de jouissance esthétique en particulier, à une période où se pose avec une extrême acuité la question cruciale des rapports de l'art aux autres pans de l'existence humaine. Après l'examen des vertiges modernes et de l'engrenage postmoderne ayant marqué l'évolution de cette sphère, l'accent est mis sur l'art contemporain en général puis sur l'art africain.

In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction.In Monumental Dreams, author Caroline Seebohm tells the riveting story of how Ann Norton (1905–1982)—a child of the South who had eschewed her Alabama roots to become a sculptor in New York City—joined this new guard. She studied with John Hovannes and Jose de Creeft and was studio assistant to Alexander Archipenko. Her work was well received, and by age 35, she had already participated in group shows at MOMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art.Despite her burgeoning career, Norton found New York a difficult place to live. In search of paying work, she moved to Florida, where she became a teacher at the Norton Gallery and School of Art, founded by retired Acme Steel president Ralph Hubbard Norton. The two built a relationship based on love as well as common aesthetic values, and after his death, she built her finest and lasting work. Today, her monolithic sculptures—in the spirit of Stonehenge, Henry Moore, and Buddhist temple art—can be admired in the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Since the confirmation of Deng Xiaoping's policy of Opening and Reform in 1978, the People's Republic of China has undergone a liberalization of culture that has led to the production of numerous forms of avant-garde, experimental, and museum-based art. With a fast-growing international market and a thriving artistic community, contemporary Chinese art is riding a wave of prosperity, though issues of censorship still abound. Shedding light on the current art scene, Paul Gladston's Contemporary Chinese Art puts China's recent artistic output into the context of the wider cultural, economic, and political conditions that surround it. Providing a critical mapping of ideas and practices that have shaped the development of Chinese art, Gladston shows how these combine to bind it to the structure of power and state both within and outside of China. Focusing principally on art produced by artists from mainland China—including painting, film, video, photography, and performance—he also discusses art created in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and diasporic communities. Illustrated with 150 images, Contemporary Chinese Art unravels the complexities of politics, artistic practice, and culture in play in China's art scene.

“What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?” Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration of some of the most acute moral questions of the Third Reich. In his nuanced analysis of prominent German artists, architects, composers, film directors, painters, and writers who rejected exile, choosing instead to stay during Germany's darkest period, Petropoulos shows how individuals variously dealt with the regime's public opposition to modern art. His findings explode the myth that all modern artists were anti-Nazi and all Nazis anti-modernist. Artists Under Hitler closely examines cases of artists who failed in their attempts to find accommodation with the Nazi regime (Walter Gropius, Paul Hindemith, Gottfried Benn, Ernst Barlach, Emil Nolde) as well as others whose desire for official acceptance was realized (Richard Strauss, Gustaf Gründgens, Leni Riefenstahl, Arno Breker, Albert Speer). Collectively these ten figures illuminate the complex cultural history of Nazi Germany, while individually they provide haunting portraits of people facing excruciating choices and grave moral questions.

A Comprehensive Overview — available in digital and print formats History of Modern Art is a visual comprehensive overview of the modern art field. It traces the trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The seventh edition deepens its discussions on social conditions that have affected the production and reception of modern and contemporary art. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Understand the origins of modern art Provide an analysis of artworks based on formal and contextual elements Recognize the influences of social conditions on modern art NOTE: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. If you want to order History of Modern Art Plus MySearchLab with eText: 0205955517 / 9780205955510 History of Modern Art Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of : 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 0205259472 / 9780205259472 History of Modern Art (Paperback)

The years before World War I were a time of social and political ferment in Europe, which profoundly affected the art world. A major center of this creative tumult was Paris, where many avant-garde artists sought to transform modern art through their engagement with radical politics. In this provocative study of art and anarchism in prewar France, Patricia Leighten argues that anarchist aesthetics and a related politics of form played crucial roles in the development of modern art, only to be suppressed by war fever and then forgotten. Leighten examines the circle of artists—Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, František Kupka, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kees Van Dongen, and others—for whom anarchist politics drove the idea of avant-garde art, exploring how their aesthetic choices negotiated the myriad artistic languages operating in the decade before World War I. Whether they worked on large-scale salon paintings, political cartoons, or avant-garde abstractions, these artists, she shows, were preoccupied with social criticism. Each sought an appropriate subject, medium, style, and audience based on different conceptions of how art influences society—and their choices constantly shifted as they responded to the dilemmas posed by contradictory anarchist ideas. According to anarchist theorists, art should expose the follies and iniquities of the present to the masses, but it should also be the untrammeled expression of the emancipated individual and open a path to a new social order. Revealing how these ideas generated some of modernism's most telling contradictions among the prewar Parisian avant-garde, The Liberation of Painting restores revolutionary activism to the broader history of modern art.

Presenting three titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada's history. Canada's vast wilderness presents many opportunities for artists to capture its beauty in their distinct styles, and the country has produced its share of talented landscape painters. Tom Thomson's work is known the world over for its wild, vivid portrayals of Ontario's wilderness. Emily Carr captured the lushness of the west coast as well as the traditional culture of the indigenous peoples. Lesser known, James Wilson Morrice also contributed to Canada's landscape painting legacy through paintings inspired by such artists as the Impressionists and Van Gogh. These artists'lives are as fascinating as their work. Includes Emily Carr Tom Thomson James Wilson Morrice

According to Vasari, the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters, which he copied, returning his imitations to the owners and keeping originals. Half a millennium later, Andy Warhol made a game of'forging'the Mona Lisa, questioning the entire concept of originality. Forged explores art forgery from ancient times to the present. In chapters combining lively biography with insightful art criticism, Jonathon Keats profiles individual art forgers and connects their stories to broader themes about the role of forgeries in society. From the Renaissance master Andrea del Sarto who faked a Raphael masterpiece at the request of his Medici patrons, to the Vermeer counterfeiter Han van Meegeren who duped the avaricious Hermann Göring, to the frustrated British artist Eric Hebborn, who began forging to expose the ignorance of experts, art forgers have challenged'legitimate'art in their own time, breaching accepted practices and upsetting the status quo. They have also provocatively confronted many of the present-day cultural anxieties that are major themes in the arts. Keats uncovers what forgeries--and our reactions to them--reveal about changing conceptions of creativity, identity, authorship, integrity, authenticity, success, and how we assign value to works of art. The book concludes by looking at how artists today have appropriated many aspects of forgery through such practices as street-art stenciling and share-and-share-alike licensing, and how these open-source'copyleft'strategies have the potential to make legitimate art meaningful again. Forgery has been much discussed--and decried--as a crime. Forged is the first book to assess great forgeries as high art in their own right.