The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art
Smee, Sebastian2016
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"Genius, friend, rival: this is the story of four pairs of artists whose intense relationships spurred and shaped their art. Matisse and Picasso. Manet and Degas. Bacon and Freud. De Kooning and Pollock. Eight of the most significant modern artists; four pairs linked by friendship and a shared spirit of competitiveness. But in each case the relationship had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a beginning, a break that led to audacious creative innovations. Absorbing, informed and provocative, Sebastian Smee's The Art of Rivalry takes us to heart of each of these relationships. It offers revelatory insights into the ways in which these major artists influenced and changed each other:and into their ultimate quest 'to be unique, original, inimitable; to acquire the solitude, the singularity, of greatness'."
Main title:
Author:
Smee, Sebastian, author
Imprint:
Melbourne Text Publishing, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xxiii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art"--Cover.Includes bibliographical references (page [357]-369) and index.
ISBN:
9781925240351
Dewey class:
700.922
Language:
English
Subject:
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Friends and associatesManet, Édouard, 1832-1883 -- Friends and associatesDe Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997 -- Friends and associatesFreud, Lucian -- Friends and associatesManet, Edouard, 1832-1883 -- Friends and associatesMatisse, Henri, 1869-1954 -- Friends and associatesDegas, Edgar, 1834-1917 -- Friends and associatesPollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Friends and associatesBacon, Francis, 1909-1992 -- Friends and associatesArt, Modern -- 20th centuryArtists -- PsychologyCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.)Friendship
BRN:
53287