Paul Gauguin: a spiritual journey - Hardcover

Hellmich, Christina; Clausen Pedersen, Line

 
9783791357959: Paul Gauguin: a spiritual journey
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3791357956 ISBN 13: 9783791357959
Verlag: Prestel Publishing, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

This vibrant examination of Paul Gauguin's life and work features more than fifty pieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection in Copenhagen, including paintings, wood carvings, and ceramics along with Oceanic art and Gauguin's works on paper from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's permanent collections. Each piece is reproduced in exquisite detail, offering a superb opportunity to enjoy Gauguin's groundbreaking use of color, line, and form. Essays examine Gauguin's relationships and reveal the struggles, indulgences, awakenings, and betrayals of his personal and professional life. Other essays provide new insights into Gauguin's travels to the far reaches of the French colonial empire in the Pacific and explore his cultural identity, sexuality, and spirituality. Beautifully designed to complement Gauguin's extraordinary oeuvre, this book offers a refreshing take on an artist whose life and work continue to fascinate to the present day.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

CHRISTINA HELLMICH is Curator in Charge of the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas and the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. LINE CLAUSEN PEDERSEN is Curator at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection in Copenhagen.

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This vibrant examination of Paul Gauguin's life and work features more than fifty pieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection in Copenhagen, including paintings, wood carvings, and ceramics along with Oceanic art and Gauguin's works on paper from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's permanent collections. Each piece is reproduced in exquisite detail, offering a superb opportunity to enjoy Gauguin's groundbreaking use of color, line, and form. Essays examine Gauguin's relationships and reveal the struggles, indulgences, awakenings, and betrayals of his personal and professional life. Other essays provide new insights into Gauguin's travels to the far reaches of the French colonial empire in the Pacific and explore his cultural identity, sexuality, and spirituality. Beautifully designed to complement Gauguin's extraordinary oeuvre, this book offers a refreshing take on an artist whose life and work continue to fascinate to the present day.

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Verlag
Prestel Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3791357956
ISBN 13 
9783791357959
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Herausgeber
Childs Elizabeth C.
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