Bibliograph

Picasso and the painting that shocked the world, Miles J. Unger

Type

Label

Picasso and the painting that shocked the world, Miles J. Unger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-451) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Picasso and the painting that shocked the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

987376446

Responsibility statement

Miles J. Unger

Summary

Traces the story of Picasso's rise from an obscure young painter in Barcelona to one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, documenting the events of his first visit to Paris, his emergence as a leader of a group of bohemian artists, his gradual recognition by collectors and the 1906 creation of the disturbing masterpiece, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon."

Table Of Contents

In search of lost time -- The legendary hero -- Dirty Arcadia -- Les Misérables -- The square of the fourth dimension -- La vie en rose -- Friends and enemies -- The village above the clouds -- The chief -- Exorcism -- Drinking kerosene, spitting fire -- Bohemia's last stand

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