Description
| Product ID: | 9780813390468 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Matisse and Picasso |
| Subtitle: | The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship |
| Authors: | Author: Jack Flam |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The parallel lives of two compelling and competitive artists and their recurrent engagements with desire and mortality Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of privacy, for his decorum and discretion, created an art that transcended daily life and conveyed a sensuality that inhabited an abstract and ethereal realm of being. In contrast, Picasso became the exemplar of intense emotionality, of theatricality, of art as a kind of autobiographical confession that was often charged with violence and explosive eroticism. In Matisse and Picasso , Jack Flam explores the compelling, competitive, parallel lives of these two artists and their very different attitudes toward the idea of artistic greatness, toward the women they loved, and ultimately toward their confrontations with death. |
| Imprint Name: | Basic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Basic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-05-05 |