Title: Picasso's variations on the masters : confrontations with the past /
Authors: Galassi, Susan Grace
Publisher: Harry N, Abrams, Inc., Publishers,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Picasso, Pablo, Criticism and interpretation.; Imitation in art; Appropriation (Art)
Abstract: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), one of the most radical and forward-looking artists of the twentieth century, was fascinated by the work of his artistic forebears. From his days as a student at the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid to his prolific late maturity in the years after World War II, the artist continued to turn for inspiration to the work of his greatest antecedents, including Eugene Delacroix, Edouard Manet, and Paul Gauguin.
Contents: Ch. 1. Variations in Search of a Theme -- Ch. 2. Picasso and the French Tradition: Variations from 1903-1919 -- Ch. 3. "The Typhoon of Art": Variations on Grunewald's Crucifixion -- Ch. 4. World War II and Beyond: Variations of 1944-1953 -- Ch. 5. "We are all in Delacroix": Variations on the Femmes d'Alger -- Ch. 6. In the Studio of Velazquez -- Ch. 7. The Dejeuner Series, 1959-1962.