Balthus (Taschen Basic Art) - Softcover

Neret, Gilles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 382282206X ISBN 13: 9783822822067

Verlag: Taschen GmbH, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

<div id="description_text_headlines" class="margin-bottom"><strong>Realist of the unreal</strong></div><div class="margin-bottom">&#160;</div><div class="margin-bottom"><span style="font-size: 10px;">French-German painter Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus, shocked the Parisian art world in 1934 with his dreamy, sensual, Neo-Classical portraits of nymphets at a time when Surrealism and abstraction were de rigueur. As a provocateur, Balthus was often scorned; as an artist, he was widely embraced as a prodigy. In response to critics of his realist style, Balthus said: "The real isn&#8217;t what you think you see. One can be a realist of the unreal and a figurative painter of the invisible." His erotic, poetic paintings live on as examples of the best figurative work of the modern era.</span></div><div class="margin-bottom">&#160;</div><div class="description_text"><div id="series_text" class="margin-bottom"><strong>About the Series:</strong><br>Each book in TASCHEN&#8217;s Basic Art series features:<ul><li>a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance</li><li>a concise biography</li><li>approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions</li></ul></div></div>

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taschen GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 382282206X
• ISBN 13: 9783822822067
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar