Divisionism: Mastery of Color? Effusion of Color! (Winter 1) - Softcover

Francine Dawans; Christophe Flubacher; Cäsar Menz; Annie-Paule Quinsac; Daniel Salzmann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3775735798 ISBN 13: 9783775735797

Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013

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Críticas:

This beautiful exhibition catalogue is a scholarly study of the various styles of late-19th- and 20th-century European divisionism. The text is heavy with theory, discussing symbolist divisionism, the pre-futurist tendency, pointillism, neo-Impressionism, chromoluminarism, European luminism, Scapigliatura, and Franco-Belgian and Italian divisionism. The striking new Pierre Arnaud Foundation Art Center (Lens, Switzerland) has instituted the first of many shows to come that aim to demonstrate the quality of Swiss painting. This catalogue indicates that "Swiss painters were striving to create a national art" and that "their work also evolved in the context of the main international movements." The majority of paintings reproduced here are little known, as are many of the painters discussed. Readers also will gain insights into some better-known artists, e.g., Cuno Amiet, discussed as one of the precursors of modern art in Switzerland. Finally, this book is important for its discussions of topics such as anarchy and harmony. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.--M. M. Hamel-Schwulst "CHOICE "

Reseña del editor:

The representatives of Neo-Impressionism permanently liberated paint from the blend on the palette as well as from its traditional method of application, just as it had been revived through the atmospheric illusionism of the Impressionists. Beginning in France, the painterly revolution of the new movement―also known as Pointillism or Divisionism―stretched from the banks of the Seine to the snow-covered slopes of the Alps, from George Seurat to the Swiss artist Giovanni Giacometti. Unmixed and adhering to visual laws, the painters placed dots, spots, and lines of color alongside each other so precisely that the human eye ultimately performs the job of blending the colors during the process of viewing. Featuring texts by distinguished international specialists, this is the first catalogue to present a comprehensive view of as well as shed new light on works and facets of European Neo-Impressionism. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3578-0; French edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3580-3) Exhibition schedule: Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Lens, Crans-Montana, opening December 21, 2013–April 20, 2014

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• Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3775735798
• ISBN 13: 9783775735797
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
• Herausgeber: Fondation Pierre Arnaud