Miro Basic Art

Mink, Janis

ISBN 10: 3822859753 / ISBN 13: 9783822859759

Edité par Taschen GmbH, 1999

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Synopsis :

Miró's world of forms resembling shorthand symbols

 

Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanish painters of the twentieth century. His early work clearly shows the influence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapes the themes and treatment of these initial works. In his travels, Miró encountered the intellectual avant-garde of his time. His friends included Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, André Masson, Jean Arp and Pablo Picasso.

From the mid-twenties onward, Miró strove to leave direct objective references behind and developed the pictograms that typify his style. The pictures of this period, which include perhaps the most beautiful and significant ones of his whole oeuvre, dispense with spatiality and an unambiguous reference to objects. From now on, the surfaces are defined by numerals, writing, abstract emblems, and playful figures and creatures.

Nineteen forty four saw the beginning of his extensive graphic oeuvre, ceramics, monumental mural works, and sculptures. In these works, too, the Catalan artist sought the solid foundation of a figurative, symbolic art with orientation as regards content: faces, stars, moons, rudimentary animal forms, letters. Joan Miró developed in several stages his characteristic flowing calligraphic style and his world of forms resembling shorthand symbols.

 

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Présentation de l'éditeur: Paris fernand Hazan 1974 in 12 au carré reliure toilée - 88 illustration couleurs + texte avec illustration en N et B de l'ouvrge

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Miro Basic Art
Éditeur : Taschen GmbH
Date d'édition : 1999
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Like New