Picasso: Challenging the Past

by Elizabeth Cowling, Anne Robbins, Christopher Riopelle, et al.

Book Overview

This thought-provoking book presents a lively introduction to the 20th century's most important artist, Pablo Picasso. Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition, and his memory for images was voracious. Naturally drawn to Spanish masters Vel zquez and Goya, he also engaged with such figures as Rembrandt, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet, and C zanne. Picasso repeatedly pitted himself against these masters, taking up their signature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857094514
• ISBN13: 9781857094510
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 10.9"