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 14
... space , would be eighty years later . The characteristic flat , patterned space of modern art - Gauguin , Maurice Denis , Seurat - was already under development before the Tower was built . It was based on other art - historical sources ...
... space , would be eighty years later . The characteristic flat , patterned space of modern art - Gauguin , Maurice Denis , Seurat - was already under development before the Tower was built . It was based on other art - historical sources ...
Page 93
... space , organized around the " dynamic " diagonal rather than the " passive " horizontal and the " authoritarian " vertical , they were meant to be " way - stations " between painting , sculpture , and architecture . Their drafted ...
... space , organized around the " dynamic " diagonal rather than the " passive " horizontal and the " authoritarian " vertical , they were meant to be " way - stations " between painting , sculpture , and architecture . Their drafted ...
Page 156
... space was ironed down , reduced almost to nil : instead of the crumpled space of Cubism , shallow but still agitated by small flickerings in depth , there was nothing but colour stained into the weave of the canvas - a perfectly flat ...
... space was ironed down , reduced almost to nil : instead of the crumpled space of Cubism , shallow but still agitated by small flickerings in depth , there was nothing but colour stained into the weave of the canvas - a perfectly flat ...
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