Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, PhotographyRichly illustrated and clearly focused, this book surveys the genesis, development, and culmination of modern European/American painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual art--from postimpressionism through the most recent developments in the twenty-first century. |
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Page 105
... picture - depth and surface , geometric structure and spontaneous , organic process - as well as to unify them into a firm but dynamic balance . Even more than Cézanne , however , Matisse magnified the Impressionists ' small deposits of ...
... picture - depth and surface , geometric structure and spontaneous , organic process - as well as to unify them into a firm but dynamic balance . Even more than Cézanne , however , Matisse magnified the Impressionists ' small deposits of ...
Page 456
... picture . figuration See representation . fin de siècle ( Fr. , " end of the century " ) Term connot- ing the cultural sophistication of Europe at the turn of the 20th century , along with a romantic , world - weary mood of decadence ...
... picture . figuration See representation . fin de siècle ( Fr. , " end of the century " ) Term connot- ing the cultural sophistication of Europe at the turn of the 20th century , along with a romantic , world - weary mood of decadence ...
Page 457
... picture painted as if on the wide , flat surface of a wall . naturalism / naturalistic Used to describe the rep- resentation of objects and scenes — especially the human form and nature - with a significant degree of fidelity to how ...
... picture painted as if on the wide , flat surface of a wall . naturalism / naturalistic Used to describe the rep- resentation of objects and scenes — especially the human form and nature - with a significant degree of fidelity to how ...
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Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography Sam Hunter,John M. Jacobus,Daniel Wheeler No preview available - 2004 |
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References to this book
Gardner's Art Through the Ages: V. 2: A Global History, Volume 2 Fred S. Kleiner No preview available - 2008 |