Description: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is notorious for various forms of excess - excess in his love life, an excessive output, an excessively inconsistent style. In this groundbreaking book Elizabeth Cowling draws on her exceptional knowledge as an authority on Picasso to argue that he came to equate stylistic consistency with sterility. Abandoning the traditional use of subject matter to achieve variety and meaning, Picasso gradually reduced his to a handful of standardized motifs and used a vast array of different styles as the principal means of communicating ideas and feelings. In short, style is meaning in Picasso's art; his notoriously mercurial nature found expression in stylistic variety and experimentation. With rare intelligence and clarity, the author has woven biography and analysis into a compelling narrative.
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Publication Name: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Special Attributes: EX-LIBRARY
Ex Libris: Yes
Book Title: Picasso : Style and Meaning
Number of Pages: 704 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 2.2 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, European
Publication Year: 2002
Illustrator: Yes
Features: Revised
Genre: Art
Item Weight: 94.4 Oz
Author: Elizabeth Cowling
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 8.3 in
Format: Hardcover
