Alberto Giacometti

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Alberto Giacometti offers a comprehensive survey of the legendary Swiss artist's work, showcasing over 100 sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints. The book traces Giacometti's evolution, highlighting his distinct figural style through iconic pieces like walking men and elongated standing women. It explores his formative years, revealing the influence of postimpressionism and landscape on his art, and delves into his studio practices and notable collaborations with poets and writers.
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of modern art, sculpture, and Swiss culture, as well as students and specialists interested in Giacometti's influential body of work.

A comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary Swiss artist, this book illustrates and examines more than 100 of his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints

Description

A comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary Swiss artist, this book illustrates and examines more than 100 of his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints.

This lavishly illustrated retrospective traces the early and midcareer development of the preeminent Swiss artist Albert Giacometti (1901–1966), examining the emergence of his distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women, and numerous busts. Rare paintings and drawings from his formative period show the significance of landscape in Giacometti’s work, while also revealing the influence of the postimpressionist painters that surrounded his father, the artist Giovanni Giacometti.

Other areas of inquiry on which Alberto Giacometti casts new light are his studio practice—amply illustrated with photographs—his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers, and his development of the walking man sculpture, thanks to numerous drawings, many of which have never been shown.

Original essays by modern art and Giacometti specialists shed new light on era-defining sculptural masterpieces, including the Walking Man, the Nose, and the Chariot, or on key aspects of his work, such as the significance of surrealism, his drawing practice, or the question of space.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300263916

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 200 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Emilie Bouvard
Contributions by Serena Bucalo
Contributions by Hugo Daniel
Contributions by Ann Dumas
Contributions by Catherine Grenier
Contributions by Catharina Manchanda
Contributions by Romain Perrin
Contributions by William Robinson
Contributions by William Rudolph

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Emilie Bouvard is director of collections and scientific program at the Fondation Giacometti, Paris.