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What i am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mistery of the instinctive in the human race, Amedeo Modigliani.
Scandalous Amedeo Modigliani, the controversial darling and target of the popular press
To contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on which many a novel, play and film was based.
As an artist, the scandalous Modigliani made his name chiefly with his celebrated pictures of women, with almond eyes and long necks and bodies. His style had ancient roots that lay deep in classical antiquity or Africa. But his portraits of intellectual giants of the age, friends such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau or Diego Rivera, were inimitable also. In Doris Krystofs study, the scene Modigliani was the hero of comes alive, and his sensitive paintings and sculptures speak in tongues.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHENs Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artists life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography