UID:
almafu_9959674035302883
Format:
1 online resource (368 p.) :
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353 illustrations, incl. 8 page color insert
ISBN:
9781478002048
Content:
In Picasso's Demoiselles, eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, one of the twentieth century's most important, celebrated, and studied paintings. Drawing on her expertise in African art and newly discovered sources, Blier reads the painting not as a simple bordello scene but as Picasso's interpretation of the diversity of representations of women from around the world that he encountered in photographs and sculptures. These representations are central to understanding the painting's creation and help identify the demoiselles as global figures, mothers, grandmothers, lovers, and sisters, as well as part of the colonial world Picasso inhabited. Simply put, Blier fundamentally transforms what we know about this revolutionary and iconic work.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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ONE Setting, Sources, Titles, and Time --
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TWO The Making of a Painting --
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THREE Art in the Flesh --
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FOUR The Sorcerer’s Apprentice --
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FIVE L’Oiseau du Bénin --
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SIX The Global Brothel --
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SEVEN Le Bordel Philosophique --
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CONCLUSIONS The Creative Nexus --
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Acknowledgments --
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Sketchbooks: New Dating --
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Chronology --
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List of Illustrations --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
DOI:
10.1515/9781478002048
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478002048
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478002048
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6002217
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478002048
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478002048