Max Beckmann 1884-1950: The Path to Myth (Big Series : Art)
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Published: June 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783822890585
Subjects: Expressionism; Individual artists; Painting & paintings; Individual Painters - 20th Century; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Germany; History - General; Individual Artist
First sentence: What are you and what am I?
Description: After a phase in which his art dealt mainly with biblical, historical and allegorical subjects, Beckmann painted pictures showing humanity "in extremis", both physical and spiritual. This book analyzes the thematic complexes in Beckmann's visual world and traces the myths of the man and the art.