Modigliani: Modern Gazes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few artists have captured the fragile poetry of human existence quite like Amedeo Modigliani, whose elongated portraits and luminous nudes remain among the most recognizable and emotionally resonant works of the twentieth century. Modigliani: Modern Gazes is the authoritative exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with a major retrospective organized by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, presenting a rich and rigorous reassessment of the Italian master's singular contribution to modernism. Edited by Christiane Lange and Ortrud Westheider, with Nathalie Lachmann, Michael Philipp, and Daniel Zamani, this volume brings together scholarly contributions from an international roster of art historians, offering fresh perspectives on Modigliani's portraiture, his relationship to the Parisian avant-garde, and the enduring power of his gaze. The catalogue situates Modigliani's work within the broader currents of early twentieth-century European art, drawing connections between his Sephardic Italian heritage, his bohemian life in Montparnasse, and the bold formal innovations that define his practice. Published by Prestel — Munich, London, New York — the book is distinguished by its rigorous scholarship and its capacity to illuminate what is both timeless and deeply modern in Modigliani's art. For anyone seeking to understand why this artist continues to captivate audiences a century after his untimely death, this volume provides an essential and revelatory guide.
Author: Christiane Lange And Ortrud Westheider
Format: Hardback
Published: 2023, Prestel
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few artists have captured the fragile poetry of human existence quite like Amedeo Modigliani, whose elongated portraits and luminous nudes remain among the most recognizable and emotionally resonant works of the twentieth century. Modigliani: Modern Gazes is the authoritative exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with a major retrospective organized by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, presenting a rich and rigorous reassessment of the Italian master's singular contribution to modernism. Edited by Christiane Lange and Ortrud Westheider, with Nathalie Lachmann, Michael Philipp, and Daniel Zamani, this volume brings together scholarly contributions from an international roster of art historians, offering fresh perspectives on Modigliani's portraiture, his relationship to the Parisian avant-garde, and the enduring power of his gaze. The catalogue situates Modigliani's work within the broader currents of early twentieth-century European art, drawing connections between his Sephardic Italian heritage, his bohemian life in Montparnasse, and the bold formal innovations that define his practice. Published by Prestel — Munich, London, New York — the book is distinguished by its rigorous scholarship and its capacity to illuminate what is both timeless and deeply modern in Modigliani's art. For anyone seeking to understand why this artist continues to captivate audiences a century after his untimely death, this volume provides an essential and revelatory guide.