The Essential Pablo Picasso (Essential Series)
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
The Essential Pablo Picasso (Essential Series) Details
Focusing on Pablo Picasso, this is one of an illustrated series which provides accounts of the lives of individual artists, professional and personal anecdotes, and concise definitions of cultural and social movements that shaped their work. The book discusses how Picasso rose to eminence - and stayed there. It depicts him as tender romantic and ferocious egotist, secure artist and restless explorer of new forms, macho aficionado of bullfights and heartbroken witness to war, and creative collaborator and individual superstar. Read more
Reviews
This is an excellent book for those newly interested in Pablo Picasso. It has a thorough history of his life, and a solid sampling of his artwork, not just the most famous examples. The writing style is somewhat informal, which can be good or bad, depending on your tastes. Also, it is a very compact size (about the size and shape of a CD) so it's wonderfully portable, but also pretty short.