The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 134
... Matisse's skies and awnings , his lion- coloured headlands and glimpses of pink water and red masts beyond a balcony . Matisse's work was the axis of Fauvism . The liberation of colour that took place in those few years was largely his ...
... Matisse's skies and awnings , his lion- coloured headlands and glimpses of pink water and red masts beyond a balcony . Matisse's work was the axis of Fauvism . The liberation of colour that took place in those few years was largely his ...
Page 152
... Matisse's resolution of the two visions of nature that he , as a completely cultivated artist , had inherited from the symbolic traditions of Islam and Christianity . One was the artificial paradise - garden , whose chief example ( for ...
... Matisse's resolution of the two visions of nature that he , as a completely cultivated artist , had inherited from the symbolic traditions of Islam and Christianity . One was the artificial paradise - garden , whose chief example ( for ...
Page 154
... Matisse : crucifix and altar , stained - glass windows , Stations of the Cross , vestments , the lot . Matisse's chasubles , with their refulgent and sonorous colour harmonies and unexpected relationships to the movement of the ...
... Matisse : crucifix and altar , stained - glass windows , Stations of the Cross , vestments , the lot . Matisse's chasubles , with their refulgent and sonorous colour harmonies and unexpected relationships to the movement of the ...
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