Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World

"The birth of Modernism a century ago was one of the greatest moments of historical creative destruction including Einstein's physics, Stravinsky's music, and Joyce and Proust's work. Picasso's important spark Is a wonderful picture, and Miles Unger brings us two dramas and shines in this thrilling book. "(Walter Isaacson, author of Leonardo da Vinci)

"Rivet ... This attractive book is recording a painting that will have a lasting impact on today's art world with accuracy and enthusiasm" (Publisher Weekly (lead comment))

"Attractive reading ... Not only does it draw inspiration from his own extensive knowledge, but also draws inspiration from a series of impressive journals, memoirs, biographies and journals. I am offering his work with young Picasso rich in mind and psychology Barcelona and Cotto of Paris. "

"When Pablo Picasso founded 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' in 1907, a wonderful story of a journalist Miles Unger came to the climax when exploring the groundbreaking work, Geer said he In his early days in Paris Picasso's personal story - his friendship, his romantic story, his ambitions, his fears - and a greater story of modernism and avant-garde tales. "(Christian Science Monitor)

"[A] A lively biography ... Anger succeeded in painting the book" Les D'Omoiselle Davignon ". Contemporary art that gets drunk has become familiar and exciting. "(Bibliography)

The first book on this trip was Miles J. Unger's "Picasso" and "The World's Paintings". This is Picasso's easy-to-read and easy-to-read biographies from his childhood to his celebrities, and to the obvious 1907 paintings of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Since it is an important turning point in the development of Cubism, the controversy of this picture arises from its radical form. Picasso basically retired in his career. He acquired academic ability acknowledged as a childhood - his father was an art instructor - and then tried to break the rules. He was a member of the avant - garde of art who gathered in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, rejecting the value of bourgeoisie, trying to find authenticity in an increasingly chaotic contemporary world.

In the art world, in the first decade of the twentieth century, young painters such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were shocked by the refusal of the traditional perspective as a means of composing paintings. As Picasso drew Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907, Oskar Kokoschka was the first expressionist drama (made for the scandal in 1909), Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (killer, woman's hope) I was writing. String quartet is second in F Sharp minor (1908), his first work has no center of pitch

When Picasso and brakes were introduced at the end of 1907, they formed a close relationship for Cezanne and for the cubist technique Picasso experimented with his painting "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" did. In this picture, Picasso is depicting the face of five women like the Iberian mask. The body of a woman has an angle rather than proportion. A constantly changing view of painting, unnatural proportions, and a flat and mask-like face initially shocked and confused the audience. However, Picasso and Braque investigated and developed these patterns through the Cubist movement, and created a new style. In the meantime, Picasso and Brakhe's works are very similar and can not be distinguished.