Morandi 1890-1964

Name: Morandi 1890-1964
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By Renato Miracco

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Morandi 1890-1964 presents an exceptional selection of 116 masterpieces by the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi, showcasing his entire creative career. The collection explores his early powerful works, Metaphysical painting phase, and later hazy atmospheres through self-portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, and flowers. It highlights the variety of techniques Morandi mastered, including paint, etching, drawing, and watercolour, featuring pieces from major American museums and prestigious private collections.
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This book is ideal for art enthusiasts, students of modern Italian art, and collectors interested in the evolution of Morandi's style and technique across his lifetime.

A selection of works documenting the career of the Italian painter, Giorgio Morandi, from his beginnings through his Metaphysical painting phase and into the hazy atmospheres of his later works. It includes 116 masterpieces arranged into self-portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and flowers, the four major themes that characterise his work.

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An exceptional selection of works documenting the entire creative career of the Italian painter, from his powerful beginnings through his Metaphysical painting phase and into the hazy atmospheres of his later works. It includes 116 masterpieces arranged into self-portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and flowers, the four major themes that characterise his work.

The collection represents all the various expressive techniques used by Giorgio Morandi over the years: paint, etching, drawing and watercolour. The works have been obtained from major American museums such as the MoMA of New York, the National Gallery of Washington, the Phillips Collection and the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge (Massachusetts), the Iowa Museum of Art and the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, as well as from famous private collections such as those of Roberto Longhi, Cesare Brandi, Lamberto Vitali, James Trall Soby, and John Rewald.

Morandi 1890-1964 by Renato Miracco presents this unique collection, showcasing the profound impact and enduring legacy of Morandi's art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9788861307162

Publisher: Skira

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 September 2008

Country: Italy

Imprint: Skira

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Contributors:

Edited by Maria Cristina Bandera

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 238.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 2470g

Pages: 368

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Renato Miracco

About the Author

Maria Cristina Bandera is Director of the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte Roberto Longhi a Firenze. Renato Miracco is the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Janet Abramowicz was a Senior Lecturer for twenty years in the Department of Fine Arts at Harvard University. Flavio Fergonzi is a Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of Udine. Maria Mimita Lamberti is a Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of Torino. Neville Rowley is currently doing a PhD at the Sorbonne, where he taught for three years. Lorenza Selleri is Curator at the Museo Morandi, Bologna.

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