Cubists and cubism / Pierre Daix
1982, First Edition. Geneva New York : Skira ; Rizzoli. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Some foxing to cover and prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396527
ISBN: 0333345576
Physical description; 170 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm. Notes; Translation of: Journal du cubisme. Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index. Contents; Into the Cubist revolution 1906-1908. From Czanne and fauvism to cubism ; Seeing as conditoned by nature and culture ; Fauvis, the radical stage of modernism ; Ingres' "Turkish Bath" at the crossroads between Matisse and Picasso ; Picasso's meeting with the avant-garde ; Emulation: Derain, Matisse, Pacasso and the "Demoiselles d'Avignon" ; An initial statement of cubism: the "Nude with drapery" ; Solitude of Picasso ; Arrival of Braque -- The period of high cubism partnership of Braque and Picasso 1908-1912. The fragmentation of surfaces ; Advances of Picasso, insights of Braque ; New departure at Cadaqués ; Around Apollinaire and Max Jacob ; Encounters at Céret -- The cubist explosion and scandals in Paris 1911-1914. The revelation of cubism ; Cubist circles in Paris ; The revelation of the 1911 Salon des Indépendants ; Cubism consolidates its positions ; The futurists in Paris ; The 1912 Salon des Indépendants ; The scandal of the 1912 Salon d'Automne ; The Section d'Or and the break-up of the cubist school ; Mondrian in paris ; First writings on cubism -- The second revolution of Braque and Picasso 1912-1914. The discovery of assemblage and "Papiers collés" ; Picasso's return to the Baroque and the human face assemblages ; Experiments of Juan Gris and Braque ; Cubist sculpture -- Cubism outside France 1911-1915. Cubism in Russia ; From Russia to Germany ; Prague, the second centre of cubism ; The United States and the armory show ; England -- The aftermath of cubism. Reactions of the cubist experience on Picasso ; Avignon: Picasso and Derain together for the last time ; Matisse and cubism ; Picasso during the war ; "Parade" and Picasso's journey to Rome ; Sculpture and the cubist style ; Codified and academic cubism ; The major cubists after the war -- The cubist heritage. Subjects; Geschichte 1900-2000. 1900-1999. Cubism. Painting, Modern 20th century. Cubism France. Painting, French 20th century.European visual arts Cubism. Cubism : twentieth century art.
Price: €85.00