Making Paradise: Art, Modernity, and the Myth of the French Riviera

by Kenneth E. Silver

Book Overview

The French Riviera as Eden and muse for modern artists.

The French Riviera has been a fabled resort for more than a century. As an enclave for the rich and famous, as well as a scenic tourist spot, it represents all that is beautiful and amusing. But for many of the twentieth century's finest painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects it has been much more: a place of potent myth and extraordinary creativity. Picasso, Matisse, Beckmann,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262194589
• ISBN13: 9780262194587
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher