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Picasso and the Spanish tradition / edited by Jonathan Brown.

Contributor(s): Brown, Jonathan, 1939-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 1996Description: xi, 194 p : ill.(some col.) ; 27 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0300064756.Subject(s): Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation | Art, Spanish -- Influence | Identity (Psychology) in artDDC classification: 759.6 PIC
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Pablo Picasso has been transformed into a hero of French modernism, but there is a growing awareness that Picasso's involvement with his native Spain was crucial throughout his life. In this work, art historians examine Picasso's involvement with Spain and its cultural and artistic traditions.

Includes index.

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Picasso's emulation of past masters of his Spanish heritage is addressed from various perspectives in these essays. The authors grapple with the quest to find something new to say about Picasso, especially in light of John Richardson's A Life of Picasso (vol. 1, 1991; vol. 2, 1996) and Susan Galassi's Picasso's Variations on the Masters (CH, Jan'97). Jonathan Brown introduces the Spanish masters El Greco, Velasquez, and Goya against the cultural background of nationalism and the artistic heritage of classicism. Robert Lubar expands on the relationship of Picasso's works to El Greco; Susan Galassi addresses Velasquez in an essay that is essentially reprinted from her aforementioned book. Robert Rosenblum discusses Picasso's still lifes in the most readable contribution. Gertje Utley discusses the artist's conception of national identity (was it French or Spanish?) in his post-WW II period. The book's inspiration is the 1980 MOMA exhibition; research for it is based largely on secondary sources. The writing is mostly pedantic, and the content is so dependent on Richardson and Galassi that the book becomes redundant. Recommended only to libraries with unlimited purchasing budgets and those institutions with specialized interests in Picasso. Professional. E. K. Menon Mankato State University