Author: Cowling, Elizabeth et al.
Title: Picasso: Challenging the Past
Description: London, National Gallery Company Limited, 2009. Paperback. Colorfully illustrated wraps with light blue spine and blue, white and black lettering; 176 pp.; 80 color and bw plates and photos. Accompanied the 2009 exhibition of the same name; Includes 7 essays and an artist chronology. Contents: Competition and collaboration : Picasso and the old masters / Elizabeth Cowling -- Picasso, 1895-1906 : 'Each influence transitory, taking flight as soon as caught' / Anne Robbins -- Something else entirely : Picasso and Cubism, 1906-1922 / Christopher Riopelle -- Return to a kind of order / Christopher Riopelle -- The sur-reality effect in the 1930s / Neil Cox -- Picasso's 'old master' period / Susan Grace Galassi -- Looking at the past to defy the present : Picasso's paintings, 1946-1973 / Simonetta Fraquelli. "This book showcases the technical dexterity, independence and vitality of Pablo Picasso's creative processes, for here we witness the daring transformation of the art of the past into, in Picasso's own words, 'something else entirely'." book jacket. VG (Upper corner of text block is slightly bent) .

Keywords: European Artists ; Picasso, Pablo ; ;


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