Cubism originated in Paris between 1906 and 19O8 and was the creation of Picasso and Braque, a Spaniard and a Frenchman. Within four years, however, the pictorial methods and technical innovations of these two young painters had been seized on by other artists in France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Russia and England. Thus Cubism, the first fundamental reevaluation since the Renaissance of what artists should record in their works of art and how they should do it, rapidly became the most influential movement in Western art in the first half of the 20th century, continuing to affect the pictorial method of most major artists until the 1940s. This book was first published to accompany a major exhibition curated by the author at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1970. Douglas Cooper had himself known well the principal protagonists in the Cubist Movement, owned works by them and written extensively on the subject. The exhibition was mounted when many of the artists, dealers, writers and collectors who created and furthered the development of Cubism were still alive to act as primary documentary sources. It brought together from the collections of Europe and America Cubist paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints to present for the first time a vivid compendium of Cubism as an historic and aesthetic achievement which transformed the visual world of the 20th century. This re-issue of the book not only presents a record of an epoch-making show, but provides an authoritative, informative and lively introduction to all aspects of Cubist art by its foremost historian.
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LJ's reviewer initially dubbed this volume "a significant work on the Cubist movement" and found that "the book's greatest strength is its treatment of individual artists." This heavily illustrated title remains "strongly recommended" (LJ 6/1/71).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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347 superb illustrations (mostly in color of paintings) on a high quality glossy paper still white despite the 1971 publishing date, excellent analysis, detailed list of works in alphabetical order per artist on 37 pages (or "Check list") - superb book; available complementary DVD with the same title.
CONTENTS: Foreword 7 Introduction 11 1 True Cubism 1906-1912 17 Early Cubism: Les Deinoiselles d'Avignon, 1906-7 17 Early Cubism in relation to Fauvism 25 Braquc's Nude, 1907-8 27 Developments in Picasso's Painting, 1907-9 30 Developments in Braque's Painting, 1908-9 37 From Early to High Cubism: The Painting of Braque and Picasso, 1909-12 42 Summary 60 2 The Cubist Movement in Paris 1906-1914 65 Derain, 1906-10 Le Fauconnier, Gleizes and Metzinger, 1910-14 68 Delaunay, 1910-14 78 Léger, 1909-14 85 The Movement Gathers Momentum, 1911-14 97 Types of Cubism 107 The Putcaux Group and the Section d'Or, 1911-13 112 Villon, Duchamp and Picabia, 1911-13 115 Lesser Painters of the Cubist Movement, 1911-13: de Segonzac, Moreau, Marchand, Lhote, Herbin, Rivera, Férat, Chagall, Marcoussis, and de La Fresnaye 127 3 The Influence of Cubism Outside France 137 In Holland: Mondrian 137 In Germany: Marc, Macke, Campendonk, Klee and Feininger 142 In Czechoslovakia: Filla, Kubista, Procházka, Benes, Gutfreund and Çapek 150 In Russia: Gontcharova, Larionov, Malevich, Tatlin, Popova and Udaltsova 156 In Italy: The Futurists 164 American Artists in New York and Paris: Weber, Marin, Stella, MacDonald-Wright, Russell and Bruce 175 In England: The Vorticists 180 4 Late Cubism 1914-1921 183 Braque and Picasso: Pasted Papers and Paintings, Summer 1912 to Summer 1914 183 Juan Gris: Paintings and Pasted Papers, 1912-14 196 Cubism in Paris during the War Years 206 Picasso: Painting 1914-21 210 Braque: Painting 1917-21 219 Juan Gris: Painting 1915-21 221 5 Cubist Sculpture 231 Picasso, de La Fresnaye, Czaky and Filla 232 Duchamp-Villon and Archipenko 239 Boccioni and Weber 244 Gutfreund 247 Lipchitz, Gris, Laurcus and Braque 249 6 Conclusion 263 Bibliography 269 Artists and Their Dates 273 Check List 275 Index 313 Photo Credits 320
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