{"product_id":"cezanne-by-ulrike-becks-malorny-9783836530170","title":"Cézanne","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Cézanne (1839-1906)\u003c\/strong\u003e busily plied his brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint and bold new approaches to light and space, he \u003cstrong\u003emediated the way from Impressionism to the defining movements of the early 20th century\u003c\/strong\u003e and became, in the words of both Matisse and Picasso, \"father of us all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis fresh artist introduction selects key works from Cézanne's oeuvre to understand his development, innovation, and crucial influence on modern art. From compositions of fruits and pears to scenes of outdoor bathers, we trace his \u003cstrong\u003eexperimentation with colour, perspective, and texture\u003c\/strong\u003e to evoke \u003cem\u003e\"a harmony parallel to Nature,\"\u003c\/em\u003e as well as the very process of seeing and recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, we discover Cézanne's celebrated Card Players, his layering of warm and cool hues to build up form and surface, and the \u003cstrong\u003egeometric rigour of his landscapes\u003c\/strong\u003e from the vicinity of Aix-en-Provence, as bright with the light of southern France as they are bold with a radical new rendering of dimensions and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430237487340,"sku":"9783836530170","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836530170.jpg?v=1774559338","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cezanne-by-ulrike-becks-malorny-9783836530170","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}