Giorgio Morandi
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Giorgio Morandi Details
From the Inside Flap Throughout his long career, Morandi focused on still lifes and landscapes that captured the simple beauty of light and form. While his contemporaries struggled with the intellectual turmoil and aesthetic experimentation of the twentieth century, Morandi remained faithful to the subjects that fascinated him most: bottles, vases, and jugs, and the view out his studio window in Bologna. This richly illustrated volume brings together more than one hundred of his most important works. Grouped according to technique paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings each aspect of his work is given thoughtful consideration by scholars who explore Morandi s genius for composition, his serene palette, and his expertise as a draftsman. Read more
Reviews
This book features excellent reproductions of Morandi's etchings, watercolors and paintings. The text helps to illuminate the subtle beauty of the artist's body of work. This is especially helpful in that Morandi is a reticent artist who reveals his secrets slowly, who makes his statements quietly. His work challenges the viewer to see the world from a different viewpoint, but the artist does this with a gentle insistence. He seems to be saying, "Here, look at this again. There's a something you've been missing, and I want to show this to you."
