Pleasures Of Paris: Daumier To Picasso
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Good - still wrapped in protective plastic. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact.
A landmark exhibition catalogue, Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso presents a rich panorama of Parisian popular culture and entertainment as seen through the eyes of its greatest artists. The work chronicles how painters, printmakers, and illustrators from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century captured the cafés, cabarets, dance halls, and boulevards that defined the spirit of la belle époque. Spanning the careers of giants such as Honoré Daumier, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso, the volume illustrates how leisure and spectacle became central subjects of the modernist imagination. With authoritative essays and stunning reproductions, it argues that Paris itself — as a stage for pleasure and social life — was the defining force behind some of the most iconic images in Western art history.
Author: Boston and David R. Godine
Format: Paperback
Published: 1991, Museum of Fine Arts
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good - still wrapped in protective plastic. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact.
A landmark exhibition catalogue, Pleasures of Paris: Daumier to Picasso presents a rich panorama of Parisian popular culture and entertainment as seen through the eyes of its greatest artists. The work chronicles how painters, printmakers, and illustrators from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century captured the cafés, cabarets, dance halls, and boulevards that defined the spirit of la belle époque. Spanning the careers of giants such as Honoré Daumier, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso, the volume illustrates how leisure and spectacle became central subjects of the modernist imagination. With authoritative essays and stunning reproductions, it argues that Paris itself — as a stage for pleasure and social life — was the defining force behind some of the most iconic images in Western art history.