Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms

by Matthew Affron

Between 1912 and 1914, Fernand L?ger executed a large cycle of works known as the Contrasts of Forms. The series embraces the genres of landscape, still life, and figure, but at its core are numerous arresting compositions that sweep aside observation to focus on formal principles. The common denominator is a complex vocabulary of mingled cones, cylinders, cubes, and planes, vigorously outlined and scrubbed with color (in the paintings)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970626339
• ISBN13: 9780970626332
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Virginia Art Museum
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.9" x 11.0"