An unparalleled and beautifully illustrated account of the portrait in modern art Portraiture is the unexpected survivor of the modern movement. Even as photography took over the role of recording likeness—and artists questioned the representational basis of art—almost all the most important artists of the 20th century experimented with portraiture, and many made it a central feature of their work. As the commissioned portrait became more the province of specialists working in conservative styles, avant-garde portraiture became an affair between artists, their friends, and—with the proliferation of self-portraits—their own selves. Focusing on avant-garde European paintings and sculpture from the 1890s to the 1980s, The Mirror and the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso shows the fascinating transformations that portraiture underwent as a flourishing, international phenomenon of the age. Through a spectacular panorama of late 19th- and 20th-century portraits, and using Picasso’s stylistic evolution as a constant point of reference, the book explores how the genre developed in response to artistic movements and great historical events. It features more than 100 paintings and sculptures by artists including Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Kokoschka, Beckmann, Soutine, Dubuffet, Bacon, and Freud.

The Mirror and the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso

Arts & Photography

Warner, Malcolm

Alarcó, Paloma

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

The third book from a series of exhibitions that presents an overview of the history of Spanish culture through major works of art. Describes the diversity and evolution of 20th and early 21st century Spanish art from cubism and surrealism to constructivism and geometric abstraction, and details the further development of a tradition of social commentary cultivated by 19th century Spanish artists. Features work from early 20th century Dalí, Picasso and Miró, through mid-century masters, to the cutting edge work of contemporary artists. Parallel text in English and Spanish. Full page images.

Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain

Parcerisas, Pilar

Jeffett, William

The Albuquerque Museum

Monet et l'abstraction

Dufrêne, Thierry

Taddéi, Jacques

Hazan

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