The fourth volume in the Essays by Leo Steinberg series, focusing on
the artist Pablo Picasso. Leo Steinberg was one of the most
original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking
interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning
reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters
to modern art, he combined scholarly erudition with eloquent prose
that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual
evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His
writings, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and
influential reading. Steinberg’s perceptions evolved from long, hard
looking at his objects of study. Almost everything he wrote included
passages of formal analysis but always put into the service of
interpretation. This volume brings together Steinberg’s essays on
Pablo Picasso, many of which have been studied and debated for
decades, such as “The Philosophical Brothel,” as well as
unpublished lectures, including “The Intelligence of Picasso,” a
wide-ranging look at Picasso’s enduring ambition to stretch the
agenda of representation, from childhood drawings to his last
self-portrait. An introduction by art historian Richard Shiff
contextualizes these works and illuminates Steinberg’s lifelong
dedication to refining the expository, interpretive, and rhetorical
features of his writing. Picasso is the fourth volume in a series
that presents Steinberg’s writings, selected and edited by his
longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.
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ISBN
9780226816609
Publisert
2022
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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