Picasso and peers
As you’ll find out in this guide to the fundamentals of cubism, there is more to the genre than its most famous proponent. Cubism—often identified by flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified forms and fragmented spatial planes—was quite possibly the most influential movement in 20th-century art.
Featured artists: Pablo Picasso, Edmond Fortier, Paul Cézanne, George Braque, Henri Le Fauconnier, Jean Metzinger, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, Henri Laurens, Salvador Dalí, Brassaï, Robert Delaunay, Raymond Duchamp-Villon
About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:
a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations
About the author:
Anne Ganteführer-Trier studied art history, German literature and modern history in Bonn and now heads the Department of Photography at the Cologne art-auction house Van Ham Kunstauktionen. Her publications and exhibitions include José Maria Sert. Photographien (1996) and Jeff Wall – Bilder von Landschaften (1999), and contributions to books on Candida Höfer and August Sander.
