Picasso: Indoor and Outdoor Landscapes Book

Used in the context of Picasso the word 'landscape' takes on a whole new meaning. Unlike the human body and still life, it was not one of his primary genres but emerged over time as a game he played with combinations and symbols. With the passing of time the generic outdoor landscapes of his first years opened the way to specific places where he lived, worked and spent his holidays. Through his progressive isolation he became accustomed to describing his own environment and consequently his immediate surroundings became the scenic center of his work. This superb book, catalogue to a 1999 exhibition of the same name at the Picasso Museu, Barcelona, maps the evolution of Picasso's landscapes and shows how, as time went by, the internal landscape became more and more important Essays include 'Making a Landscape out of the Body' by Valeriano Bozal. Works are divided into five chronological sections from 1917 to 1970 and include The Kiss, The Sleepers, Country Concert, The Pigeons (series), The Rescue, The Kitchen, The Bathers, and Flower Seller.Read More