Picasso

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Picasso
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Timothy Hilton
SeriesWorld of Art
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Expressionism
Art and design styles - Cubism
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780500201442
ClassificationsDewey:759.6
Audience
General
Illustrations 177 Illustrations, black and white; 30 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 1 March 1976
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

There have been many books about this astonishing artist, most of them written as celebrations of his creative abundance. Tim Hilton has a more challenging purpose: to define Picasso's achievement and his place within twentieth-century art.

Author Biography

Timothy Hilton has been an art critic for the Guardian and Independent on Sunday and has written art history books on Pre-Raphaelitism and Picasso among others.

Reviews

'A stimulating and stringent work by an exceptional critic' - Sunday Telegraph 'New issues and others that seem written to death have been given the vigour to create new interest' - Times Literary Supplement 'A scholarly work, full of acute observation ... very well illustrated' - The Artist 'Brisk, discriminatory and full of good observations' - Observer