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 61
... wrote Arp , the most gifted of the Zurich Dadas . " We searched for an elementary art that would , we thought , save mankind from the furious madness of these times . . . we wanted an anonymous and collective art . " The Dadaists still ...
... wrote Arp , the most gifted of the Zurich Dadas . " We searched for an elementary art that would , we thought , save mankind from the furious madness of these times . . . we wanted an anonymous and collective art . " The Dadaists still ...
Page 269
... wrote , “ are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature . " On the other hand , not all painters felt Wordsworth's visionary yet empirical peace with the natural world , and the further aspect of Romantic extremity ...
... wrote , “ are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature . " On the other hand , not all painters felt Wordsworth's visionary yet empirical peace with the natural world , and the further aspect of Romantic extremity ...
Page 283
... wrote of it in 1893. “ Oh , heads green , red , yellow , orange , violet . Vice up for auction . One could put on the door front , People , abandon all modesty here . " Lautrec's masterpiece , At the Moulin Rouge , 1892-5 ( plate 194 ) ...
... wrote of it in 1893. “ Oh , heads green , red , yellow , orange , violet . Vice up for auction . One could put on the door front , People , abandon all modesty here . " Lautrec's masterpiece , At the Moulin Rouge , 1892-5 ( plate 194 ) ...
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