Modigliani unmasked /

"One of the great artists of the 20th century, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) is celebrated for revolutionizing modern portraiture, particularly in his later paintings and sculpture. Modigliani Unmasked examines the artist's rarely seen early works on paper, offering revelatory insights int...

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Main Authors: Klein, Mason
Corporate Authors: Jewish Museum New York, N.Y
Group Author: Nathanson, Richard Art consultant; Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920.
Published: The Jewish Museum ; Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, New York : New Haven, Connecticut :
Publication Dates: [2018]
©2017
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "One of the great artists of the 20th century, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) is celebrated for revolutionizing modern portraiture, particularly in his later paintings and sculpture. Modigliani Unmasked examines the artist's rarely seen early works on paper, offering revelatory insights into his artistic sensibilities and concerns as he developed his signature style of graceful, elongated figures. An Italian Sephardic Jew working in turn-of-the-century Paris, Modigliani embraced his status as an outsider, and his early drawings show a marked awareness of the role of ethnicity and race within
Carrier Form: xi, 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780300225495
0300225490
Index Number: NC257
CLC: J154.64-28
J234(546)-28
Call Number: J234(546)-28/K644