In the years since Alfred Barr presented the broad panorama of Cubism and abstract art to the American public, there have been innumberable exhibitions of individual Cubist artists and of special aspects of Cubism. This exhibition and complementary publication, however, represent a necessary turn in study of Cubism: presenting it as a historic style, defining its aesthetic goal, its genesis and development, and its diffusion as far afield as Russia and the United States. The publication was written at a time when it was possible to look upon Cubism with the historic perspective of a half a century, and yet many of the artist, dealers, writers, and collectors who created and furthered the development of Cubism were still alive to act as primary documentary sources.  Cubism originated in Paris between 1906 and 1908 and was the creation of Picasso and Braque, a Spaniard and a Frenchman. Within four years, however, the pictorial methods and technical innovations of these two young painters had been seized on by other artists—in France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Russia, America and, to a much lesser degree, in England—who either imitated them or tried to transform them by imaginative efforts into new types of artistic expression. A knowledge of Cubist methods and possibilities spread rapidly, and by this means Cubism played some part in the technical experiments and stylistic adventures which constitute virtually all the avant-garde developments in western art between 1909 and 1914. But there is more to it than that. For the influence of Cubism, though greatly diminished after 1925, certainly continued to affect the pictorial methods of most major artists until about 1940, when in turn it was supplanted by artistic conceptions of a wholly opposite order. As a result, Cubism has proved to be probably the most potent generative force in twentieth-century art and has transformed our western ideas concerning the purpose and possibilities of pictorial representation.This publication illustrates Cubist paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints from European and American collections. It is divided into five sections each corresponding to a period or a topic in the development of Cubism: "True Cubism," 1906–12; "The Cubist Movement in Paris," 1906–14; "The Influence of Cubism outside France;" "Late Cubism," 1914–21; and "Cubist Sculpture." The appendices also include a full bibliography, list of artists and their dates, and a checklist of the exhibition. [This book was originally published in 1971 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]   

The Cubist Epoch

Arts & Photography

Cooper, Douglas

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amnesia

Literature & Fiction

Random House Canada

A complete guide to drawing, perception, and analysis for architects and designers The observation and drawing of real objects are the starting points for the designer's visionary constructions and inspirations. A longtime favorite of architectural students, Douglas Cooper's Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design instills an understanding of the basic principles of drawing that are universal to all design disciplines-mass, volume, form, contour, texture, shadow, and more-as it explores the knowledge, rational thought, and expressiveness that designers rely on to create successful drawings. Now including a CD featuring Cooper's own dynamic instruction, this new Fourth Edition combines theory and technique to prepare students of architecture and design to carry on a dialogue between their perceptions of the physical world and their understanding of the elements of design.

Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design

Architecture

wiley

Coverage of both freehand drawing and constructed projections makes this a unique introduction to architectural drawing. Instead of drawing using the right side of the brain, the author uses a "full-brain" approach that stresses the importance of creative visualization, technical foundation, and intellectual understanding of perception for drawing success.

Drawing and Perceiving

Graphic Design

From Leonardo da Vinci to Louis Kahn, the world's great designers and architects have used the observation and drawing of real objects to inform and inspire visionary constructions. This book prepares students of architecture and design to carry on a similar dialogue between their perceptions of the physical world and their understanding of the elements of design. It instills an understanding of the basic principles of drawing that are universal to all designdisciplines-mass, volume, form, contour, texture, shadow, and more-as it explores the knowledge, rational thought, and analysis that design professionals rely on to create successful drawings. This combination of technique, theory, and analysis equips the designer with a powerful set of tools, crucial to both the creative process and the successful career.

Drawing and Perceiving: Life Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design, 3rd Edition

Delirium

World Literature

Cubism was one of the most important and influential movements in twentieth-century art. In the eight years between 1906 and 1914, Cubism - Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in particular - was to change the technique and form of painting, radically and for ever. Originating in Paris, the movement became a truly international force, and one with a profound impact on human visual experience. This book, illustrated with over 300 photographs, presents a vivid personal evocation of Cubism as a historic and aesthetic force.

Phaidon

First published in 1971 and now reissued, an introduction to Cubism, which was originally published to accompany an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Cubist Epoch.

New York (Phaidon)

Cubism originated in Paris between 1906 and 19O8 and was the creation of Picasso and Braque, a Spaniard and a Frenchman. Within four years, however, the pictorial methods and technical innovations of these two young painters had been seized on by other artists in France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Russia and England. Thus Cubism, the first fundamental reevaluation since the Renaissance of what artists should record in their works of art and how they should do it, rapidly became the most influential movement in Western art in the first half of the 20th century, continuing to affect the pictorial method of most major artists until the 1940s. This book was first published to accompany a major exhibition curated by the author at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1970. Douglas Cooper had himself known well the principal protagonists in the Cubist Movement, owned works by them and written extensively on the subject. The exhibition was mounted when many of the artists, dealers, writers and collectors who created and furthered the development of Cubism were still alive to act as primary documentary sources. It brought together from the collections of Europe and America Cubist paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints to present for the first time a vivid compendium of Cubism as an historic and aesthetic achievement which transformed the visual world of the 20th century. This re-issue of the book not only presents a record of an epoch-making show, but provides an authoritative, informative and lively introduction to all aspects of Cubist art by its foremost historian.

Phaidon Press

Picasso Theatre

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

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The Cubist Epoch

Amnesia

Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design

Drawing and Perceiving

Drawing and Perceiving: Life Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design, 3rd Edition

Delirium

The Cubist Epoch

The Cubist Epoch.

The Cubist Epoch

Picasso Theatre