Henri Matisse
by Diehl, Gaston
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Paris : Tisn�, 1958. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with paper onlay. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor scattered foxing to spine and panel edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: 167 pages : illustrations (some color) ; portraits ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index. Contents: I. When determinism and determination join forces. An innovating classicism -- Progressing toward liberation, or from Impressionism to pre-Fauvism -- II. The elaboration of a personal humanism (1900-1906). The dangers of a color intellectualism -- Intervention of Seurat and Gauguin -- The birth of Fauvism -- III. Period of conquest and consolidation of power (1906-1910). Painter or professor -- Painting as a mode of expression -- ""The whole is our only ideal"" -- IV. Alternatives of a difficult concord between an art of the mind and an art of the senses (1910-1917). Confirmation from the East -- The temptations of a plastic absolute -- The indispensable contribution of the senses -- V. The simple pleasure of the moment (1918-1927). Motionless escape -- VI. A royal ascension (1928-1954) -- VII. Conclusion. Approaches to a many-sided personality -- A contribution in keeping with the age -- Notes -- Plates -- Writings and sayings of Matisse -- Writings on Matisse -- Analytical notices -- Chronological table. Subjects: Matisse, Henri 1869-1954 Criticism and interpretation; Painting Studies; Painters France; France; Post-Impressionism : French painting.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 401342
- Title
- Henri Matisse
- Author
- Diehl, Gaston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Paris : Tisn�
- Date Published
- 1958
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