Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors : Masterpieces from the Late Years - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3791327992 ISBN 13 : 9783791327990

Editeur : Prestel, 1999

Synopsis

Although Henri Matisse's paintings and drawings are some of the most revered in the art world, his cut-outs are widely believed to represent the culmination of his artistic career. This volume examines all aspects of Matisse's cut-outs, from the early models for "Jazz" to the large-scale works that dominated his final creative period. When "Jazz", Matisse's handmade book of paper cut-outs was published in the early 1940s, it was considered a dramatic new step for the artist, who had already blazed new ground as the father of the Fauvist movement. In his paintings Matisse had long been working toward a goal of a perfect synthesis of line and colour. By putting scissor to coloured paper, he was able to refine his technique, and he came to see the cut-out as his primary artistic medium in his late career. This collection of reproductions and critical essays seeks to offer a chance to appreciate the full spectrum of Matisse's work in this medium, and presents discoveries about their connection to his earliest works, methods, philosophies and vision of paradise.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Focusing on one of Matisse's greatest bodies of work and his last artistic creations, this flexi edition of essays and reproductions provides scholarship on this important period.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prestel
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3791327992
• ISBN 13: 9783791327990
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Bergaruen Oliver, Hollein Max, Berggruen Olivier
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible