Publication

2001-11-01 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

128,000 words, Guess

Page Count

512 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCN6490 .S895 2001
  • LCCN6490

Description

David Sylvester here muses on key artists of the twentieth century and their nineteenth-century forebears. In the process, he offers profound insights into their practice of art. Focusing on the spectator's instinctive emotional and physical response to paintings by such artists as Picasso, Matisse, de Kooning, Newman, and Warhol, Sylvester brings an inspiring sense of the relevance and importance of art to life. Added to this edition are essays on Pollock, Twombly, and Serra, among others.

First Sentence

I came to art through modern art - initially a black-and-white reproduction of Matisse's La Danse.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • About Modern ArtPaperbackYale University Press2001-11-01

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