COLOR AND LIGHT
ORTRUD WESTHEIDER
Temática:
PINTURA
Editorial:
PRESTEL
Código:
9783791357737
ISBN:
9783791357737
Peso:
1.878 Gr.
Cantidad de Páginas:
248
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$ 3840
Descripción
This beautifully illustrated book examines the artistic career of the French painter and draftsman Henri-Edmond Cross who was a key figure in the development of European modernism.
Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and François Bonvin, Henri-Edmond Crosss earliest paintings were compositions in dark, somber colors. Following his involvement with the avant-gardist circle around Georges Seurat, he gradually adopted the Neo-Impressionist technique and began to develop a unique visual vocabulary. After his move to the Mediterranean coast in 1891, Crosss palette became increasingly lighter, resulting in dazzlingly colorful landscapes, genre paintings, and compositions that are overlaid with mythological and allegorical allusions. This volume traces Crosss artistic trajectory through all stages of his prolific career and situates his masterful approach to color and light within the broader context of the European avant-garde of his time. In addition, it examines the painters anarchist sympathies and the political dimensions of his depictions of utopian sceneries.
