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Modigliani.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Parkstone International, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (84 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781781606001
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: ModiglianiDDC classification:
  • 759.5
LOC classification:
  • ND623.M67 .C384 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- From Tradition to Modernism A Reinterpretation of Classical Works -- Discovery of New Art Forms -- The Nudes and Moral Values -- An Unconscious Liberation -- The Art of "Close-Up" -- Emotional Involvement A Depersonalizing Process -- An Aesthetic Quest -- Conclusion -- Biography -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Summary: Modigliani (1884-1920) was a painter of great unhappiness in his native Italy and felt only sorrow in his adopted country of France. Out of this discontent came forth Modigliani's original work, which was influenced by African art, the Cubists, and drunken nights in Montparnasse.His portrayal of women-sensual bodies, almost aggressive nudity, and mysterious faces-expresses their suffering and feelings of being unloved and unjustly disregarded. Modigliani died at the age of 36.
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Modigliani (1884-1920) was a painter of great unhappiness in his native Italy and felt only sorrow in his adopted country of France. Out of this discontent came forth Modigliani's original work, which was influenced by African art, the Cubists, and drunken nights in Montparnasse. His portrayal of women--sensual bodies, almost aggressive nudity, and mysterious faces--expresses their suffering and feelings of being unloved and unjustly disregarded. Modigliani died at the age of 36.

Intro -- From Tradition to Modernism A Reinterpretation of Classical Works -- Discovery of New Art Forms -- The Nudes and Moral Values -- An Unconscious Liberation -- The Art of "Close-Up" -- Emotional Involvement A Depersonalizing Process -- An Aesthetic Quest -- Conclusion -- Biography -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Modigliani (1884-1920) was a painter of great unhappiness in his native Italy and felt only sorrow in his adopted country of France. Out of this discontent came forth Modigliani's original work, which was influenced by African art, the Cubists, and drunken nights in Montparnasse.His portrayal of women-sensual bodies, almost aggressive nudity, and mysterious faces-expresses their suffering and feelings of being unloved and unjustly disregarded. Modigliani died at the age of 36.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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