Picasso: Architecture and Vertigo Book

In this original and insightful book Christopher Green develops an account of difference a as a theme in Picasso's work. Focusing not so much on biographical information as on the works themselves and the meanings they could have in their cultural and social contexts, Green discusses the origins and character of Picasso' sources and influences and, by extension, the sources and influences that shaped much of the visual heritage of the twentieth century. Green addresses the issue of regression and the uncivlized in Picasso's art from different angles, taking the artist's work from 1907 to the 1930s as a central thread. The author considers Picasso's work in its own right and in relations to two artists to whom he responded - Rousseau and Miro - and an architect-artist who responded to him, Le Corbusier. The result is a book that enriches both art history and our understanding of Picasso's inventiveness and success.Read More