Picasso, Braque, Léger, and the Cubist Spirit, 1919-1939
Author | : Kenneth Wayne |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015038027812 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume presents art and design in France during the years between the two World Wars, in an effort to dispel the perception that Cubism was only a pre-World War I phenomenon. After the war, Cubist painting became more varied, colorful, and accessible, and began to affect other media such as furniture, fashion, cinema and architecture. What had begun as a rarefied pictorial style became a popular language. The first essay addresses Picasso's abundant and varied cubist painting. The second essay treats the art of three major Cubists -- Picasso, Braque, and Leger -- in the context of the various cubist idioms that developed. The third essay, also broad in scope, examines the significant relationship between Cubism and the decorative arts in France.