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Item Details
Title:
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MATISSE
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By: |
Volkmar Essers |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
382285977X |
ISBN 13: |
9783822859773 |
Publisher: |
TASCHEN GMBH |
Pub. date: |
26 May, 2000 |
Series: |
Basic Art Album S. |
Pages: |
96 |
Synopsis: |
A color harmony that is analogous to a musical composition Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is known not only as one of the most important French painters of the 20th century but also as co-founder and leading exponent of Fauvism. His work reflects an ongoing quest for the expressive power of pure, brilliant colors and simple forms; as a result, the realistic presentation of nature often retires to a secondary position. For Matisse, color did not serve as a tool for the expression of subjective feelings, but rather became the equivalent of light itself: it functioned as a pure medium in the creation of an autonomous pictorial space: "Out of my fruitful work with discovered tones there must emerge a vital color harmony, a harmony that is analogous to a musical composition." As a creative artist, Matisse was not only a painter, but also experimented with other materials: he produced glass windows and theatre designs and created significant sculptures in bronze, ceramic and clay. In old age, confined to a wheelchair, he created collages with coloured paper, glue, and scissors: his famed gouache cut-outs. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions " |
Illustrations: |
Col.ill. |
Publication: |
Germany |
Imprint: |
Taschen GmbH |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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