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Picasso´s ´Les demoiselles d´Avignon´
Christopher Green
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Description for Picasso´s ´Les demoiselles d´Avignon´
Hardback. Brings together psychological, feminist, historical, and post-colonial perspectives on a significant twentieth-century work. Editor(s): Green, Christopher. Series: Masterpieces of Western Painting. Num Pages: 174 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon has long been recognized as one of the most significant paintings of the twentieth century. This volume brings together essays from a variety of methodological and topical perspectives. Yves-Alain Bois finds in the painting the presence of trauma and opens the way to a psychoanalytical exploration. Tamar Garb asks what it could mean to women, focusing on Gertrude Stein as one of the painting's first spectators, while Patricia Leighten uses post-colonial theory to explore its conjunction of prostitution and African themes. Christopher Green asks what the confrontation of the European and the non-European could signify ... Read more
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon has long been recognized as one of the most significant paintings of the twentieth century. This volume brings together essays from a variety of methodological and topical perspectives. Yves-Alain Bois finds in the painting the presence of trauma and opens the way to a psychoanalytical exploration. Tamar Garb asks what it could mean to women, focusing on Gertrude Stein as one of the painting's first spectators, while Patricia Leighten uses post-colonial theory to explore its conjunction of prostitution and African themes. Christopher Green asks what the confrontation of the European and the non-European could signify ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Series
Masterpieces of Western Painting
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521583671
SKU
V9780521583671
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