James Attlee

Guernica

Painting the End of the World

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A brilliant, concise account of the painting often described as the most important work of art produced in the twentieth century, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series. Pablo Picasso had already accepted a commission in 1937 to create a work for the Spanish Republican Pavilion at the Paris World Fair when news arrived of the assault by the German Condor Legion on the undefended Basque town of Guernica, in which hundreds of civilians died. James Attlee offers an illuminating account of the genesis, creation and many-stranded afterlife of Picasso's Guernica. He explores the historical context from which it sprang; the artistic influen… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78669-143-9
EAN: 9781786691439
Produktnummer: 24162947
Verlag: Head of Zeus
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 248 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 85'308 KB
Reihenbandnummer: 5

Über den Autor

James Attlee worked in art publishing for 25 years and then as editor-at-large for Chicago University Press. He is the author of the acclaimed Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey; Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight; and Station to Station.