CY TWOMBLY - Couverture rigide

Leeman Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 2080304836 ISBN 13 : 9782080304834

Editeur : FLAMMARION, 2005

Synopsis

Cy Twombly The pictorial creations by American artist Cy Twombly have represented, for more than 50 years, a sort of enigma that reinforces the mythic status of the artist. This book, takes into consideration Twombly's immense and complex body of work from the 1950s up through his current works, offers a thematic and chronological interpretation of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and collages. Richard Leeman's study elucidates the symbols found in Twombly's paintings?pictograms, numbers, words, colors?that, at first glance, constitute diverse and unique entities, but then assemble to form a veritable language, where their often primitive forms mix on the canvas wi...

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard Leeman is a professor of Art History at Bordeaux University. After completing his doctorate thesis on Cy Twombly, he has contributed to a book on the history of visual art published in French and to the launch of the first issue of the new art history journal 20/21e siècles. He was head of research and subsequently scientific advisor for Vektor, a European project that fosters the exchange of information in the field of contemporary art.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: FLAMMARION
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 2080304836
• ISBN 13: 9782080304834
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 326