Summary
This book is the catalog of the first major retrospective exhibition of Paul Cezanne in the last half century, which opened at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris in 1995 and travels to the London and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1996.
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"Besides the illustrations, the editors of this album shrewdly provides so exceptionally appealing scholarship....This is one of those big art books that introduce not only an artist but a world."
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Dk Pub
Published date: 1999
Size: 5.5 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Pages: 142
Publisher's Notes
A beautiful new series of art books to treasure. DK introduces a new series of lavishly illustrated paperback books on major artists and their works. Each volume tells the story of a single artist with a look at the artist's life and times, the historical and social context in which they worked, and an analysis of their masterpieces. A visual resource with more than 300 superb full-color illustrations, each book is written by a noted art historian. Fact-based text aimed at the general reader makes the series perfect for art-history students and art lovers of all ages. Each title surveys an individual artist's life and works Detailed analysis of the artist's masterpieces Includes comparative samples of the work of each artist's contemporaries.
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