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Loading... Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art (edition 2001)by Dan Franck (Author)
Work InformationThe Bohemians: The Birth of Modern Art, Paris 1900-1930 by Dan Franck
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book probably drives art historians crazy. Franck makes no distinction between actual events and apocryphal stories, and there's no sense of the artists' accomplishments and place in history (it devotes about the same amount of attention to Soutine, Cocteau, and Foujita, for example). It's also a chronological mess - Apollinaire is alive, Apollinaire is dead, Apollinaire is alive again. And the writing is surprisingly uneven, with some moments of pretty serious confusion. That said, the stories are entertaining as hell and the gossip is juicy, so if you're interested in the period you're bound to enjoy yourself. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Between the Bateau-Lavoir and the Closerie des Lilas flows the Seine, and the history of modern art. Thus begins Dan Franck's book on the bohemians who flourished when Paris was the creative capital of the world in the early 1900s. Franck's book covers the first thirty years of the century, when Montmartre and Montparnasse were filled with glorious subversives who were inventing modern art and the literary language of the century: Jarry with his owl and his revolvers, Picasso the gentle anarchist, Apollinaire the eroticist, Modigliani and his women, Max Jacob and his men, the fiery Aragon, the solitary Soutine, Man Ray, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Andre Breton and many others. They came from many different countries. They were painters, poets, sculptures, musicians, and began seminal movements such as fauvism, cubism and surrealism. For three decades they led the way in literature and painting." No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)944.3610810887History and Geography Europe France and region Champagne; Ile de France; Lorraine Île-de-France ParisLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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