Modern Greek Painting in the Collection of the Bank of Greece

In english. Clothbound, 33x26 cm, 550 pp., ill.

An anthology from the Modern Greek painting section of the Art Collection of the Bank of Greece, Athens. After the introductory notes comes a brief chapter entitled "The Collection as a documentation of Modern Greek Art", followed by the three main sections respectively entitled "The 19th century and the turn to the 20th century", "The 20th century" and "Modern Greek printmaking". All three sections begin with a separate introduction that outlines the social, ideological and artistic background of the time and focuses on the most important painters and engravers represented in the collection. The individual works are then presented and discussed one by one. The commentaries do not follow a standard pattern, but typically suggest an interpretation of, or approach to, the work in question and attempt to identify its distinctive features and the style of the artist. Without disregarding the history of each work and its journey from the atelier to the Bank's collection, greater emphasis has been placed on artistic merit. It also contains reference notes, artists' biographies, indices, bibliography.

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