Picasso : painting the blue period / [curators, Susan Behrends Frank & Kenneth Brummel ; essays by Kenneth Brummel, Susan Behrends Frank, Patricia Favero [and 3 others] ; edited by Kenneth Brummel and Susan Behrends Frank].
Publisher:
DelMonico Books ℗ʺ D.A.P. ;
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
"This lavishly illustrated volume reexamines Pablo Picasso's famous Blue Period (1901-04) in paintings, works on paper and sculpture. Relying on new information gleaned from technical studies performed on The Blue Room (Le Tub) (1901), Crouching Beggarwoman (La Misereuse accroupie) (1902) and The Soup (La Soupe) (1903), this multidisciplinary volume combines art history and advanced conservation science in order to show how the young Picasso fashioned a distinct style and a pronounced artistic identity as he adapted the artistic lessons of fin-de-siecle Paris to the social and political climate of an economically struggling Barcelona. Essays, a chronology and a summary of conservation findings contextualize Picasso's experimental approach to painting during the Blue Period. A major contribution to the burgeoning field of technical art history, Picasso: Painting the Blue Period advances new scholarship on one of the most critical episodes in 20th-century modernism"--publisher's website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.