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 110
... symbol of Fascist barbarity . Thus Picasso's painting shared the exemplary fame of the event , becoming as well ... symbols are archaic , not historical : the gored and speared horse ( the Spanish Republic ) , the bull ( Franco ) louring ...
... symbol of Fascist barbarity . Thus Picasso's painting shared the exemplary fame of the event , becoming as well ... symbols are archaic , not historical : the gored and speared horse ( the Spanish Republic ) , the bull ( Franco ) louring ...
Page 192
... symbol of Utopian collectivism was part of the Bauhaus myth . The school's first manifesto , written by the thirty - six - year - old Gropius , had as its frontispiece a woodcut of a starlit cathedral by Lyonel Feininger ( plate 131 ) ...
... symbol of Utopian collectivism was part of the Bauhaus myth . The school's first manifesto , written by the thirty - six - year - old Gropius , had as its frontispiece a woodcut of a starlit cathedral by Lyonel Feininger ( plate 131 ) ...
Page 283
... Symbolism . By that I mean an art where the artist submits reality to his rule , which places mood and thought above everything and only uses reality as a symbol . ” There are no more vivid examples of this ambition at work than Munch's ...
... Symbolism . By that I mean an art where the artist submits reality to his rule , which places mood and thought above everything and only uses reality as a symbol . ” There are no more vivid examples of this ambition at work than Munch's ...
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