As a forerunner of Pittura metafisica (Metaphysical art), Greek-Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) exerted a powerful influence on the subsequent development of Surrealism, New Objectivity and Magic Realism. For example, well before the Surrealists, de Chirico had discovered the power of the unconscious and the independent language of objects. Influenced by the symbolic painting of Arnold B???cklin and the dream pictures of Max Klinger, he created his provocative city views of deserted or statically enlivened ...
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As a forerunner of Pittura metafisica (Metaphysical art), Greek-Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) exerted a powerful influence on the subsequent development of Surrealism, New Objectivity and Magic Realism. For example, well before the Surrealists, de Chirico had discovered the power of the unconscious and the independent language of objects. Influenced by the symbolic painting of Arnold B???cklin and the dream pictures of Max Klinger, he created his provocative city views of deserted or statically enlivened squares. At the same time, he made ironically intellectual self-portraits that now form a large part of the artist's complete oeuvre. In this enlightening volume, curator and de Chirico scholar Gerd Roos discusses the artist's development as it is reflected in his times; his break with his innovative, seminal painting style; and his turn to a traditional, academic concept of art.
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DE CHIRICO, Giorgio. Fine in fine jacket. Color and black & white reproductions throughout. 134 pages. 4to, maroon boards with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. Cologne: Walther Konig/Andrea Caratsch/Michael Haas, (2008). First edition, limited to 2000 copies. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name on display at the Galerie Andrea Caratsch, April 18 to May 23, 2008, and the Galerie Michael Haas, June 20 to August 2, 2008.
Add this copy of Giorgio De Chirico: a Metaphysical Journey to cart. $112.45, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Walther Konig.
