The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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... Gauguin ( 1848-1903 ) . Unlucky the artist on whom Hollywood fixes . Thanks to Anthony Quinn , everyone knows something about Paul Gauguin : the archetypal dropout , the man who gave up a banking career to paint , went crazy with his ...
... Gauguin ( 1848-1903 ) . Unlucky the artist on whom Hollywood fixes . Thanks to Anthony Quinn , everyone knows something about Paul Gauguin : the archetypal dropout , the man who gave up a banking career to paint , went crazy with his ...
Page 128
... Gauguin , he cannily gave up painting when he got back to England and became a banker . ) But by the late nineteenth century the idea of the Noble Savage , living in blissful innocence in the fruitful bosom of nature , was one of the ...
... Gauguin , he cannily gave up painting when he got back to England and became a banker . ) But by the late nineteenth century the idea of the Noble Savage , living in blissful innocence in the fruitful bosom of nature , was one of the ...
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... Gauguin and his circle at Pont - Aven ) , was in some ways a rehearsal for Tahiti . The island was far gone . Its decline had begun at the moment Captain Wallis arrived , and had been going on without interruption or help for 125 years ...
... Gauguin and his circle at Pont - Aven ) , was in some ways a rehearsal for Tahiti . The island was far gone . Its decline had begun at the moment Captain Wallis arrived , and had been going on without interruption or help for 125 years ...
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