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 237
... Painter as Old Master ( Raphael , Rubens ) ; the second , the Artist as Freak ( Rimbaud , van Gogh ) . Dali's public image contrived to give a tacky , vivid caricature of both while fulfilling neither . Here , on one hand , was early ...
... Painter as Old Master ( Raphael , Rubens ) ; the second , the Artist as Freak ( Rimbaud , van Gogh ) . Dali's public image contrived to give a tacky , vivid caricature of both while fulfilling neither . Here , on one hand , was early ...
Page 260
... painter to whom this markedly applied was an immigrant from Armenia , Arshile Gorky ( 1904–48 ) . In its brief span and tragic end by suicide , Gorky's life as a mature artist formed a kind of Bridge of Sighs between Surrealism and ...
... painter to whom this markedly applied was an immigrant from Armenia , Arshile Gorky ( 1904–48 ) . In its brief span and tragic end by suicide , Gorky's life as a mature artist formed a kind of Bridge of Sighs between Surrealism and ...
Page 270
... painter could have been less concerned with Impressionist happiness than van Gogh , which was just as well , since ... painters . " He had fits of despair and hallucination during which he could not work , and in between them , long ...
... painter could have been less concerned with Impressionist happiness than van Gogh , which was just as well , since ... painters . " He had fits of despair and hallucination during which he could not work , and in between them , long ...
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