Painting 1909: Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Henri Bergson, Comics, Albert Einstein, and Anarchy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300218015)

In 1909, renowned artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) embarked on a series of stylistic experiments that had a dramatic effect on modern art. This book examines the ways in which Picasso's art of 1909 intertwines and engages with the larger intellectual framework of his time and sheds light on how the writings of Gertrude Stein, the philosophy of Henri Bergson, the theories of Albert Einstein, and even American comic strips played a role in the development of Picasso's unique artistic style. With an insightful, interdisciplinary approach that focuses on how European society was grappling with the larger issues of how to conceptualize, write about, and visualize a rapidly modernizing culture, Painting 1909 presents a methodical exploration of Picasso's stylistic choices and proposes new reasons for the development of radical modernist art that led to Cubism and, eventually, absolute abstraction.


Author: Leonard Folgarait
ISBN-10: 030021801X
ISBN-13: 9780300218015
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2017