(H/B) ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

Παρουσίαση

Alberto Giacometti is more than a major twentieth-century artist - he is also one of the century's most intriguing characters. This biography, the result of new research, takes us into the private life of an artist haunted by his oeuvre, driven relentlessly by an uncompromising and demanding nature.
Following a childhood spent in his father's studio in Switzerland, and then his student days in Paris studying under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, the young artist split from his early mentors, looking instead to cubism, then surrealism. He earned near-immediate recognition for his work and the admiring friendship of Andr? Breton, yet Giacometti soon turned his back on the surrealist objects that had brought him fame, opting instead to break away on his own - a choice that led him to the margins of mainstream movements. A friend to leading artists and intellectuals, he made his own way in the solitude of his legendary studio in Montparnasse. Strongly attracted to human representation and influenced by archaic and non-Western art, he eschewed naturalist representation in favor of a synoptic and sometimes tortured vision of the figure - one filled with mysterious power.
Catherine Grenier recounts the exceptional story of Alberto Giacometti, his life, career, and work, in a biography that is every bit as thrilling as a novel. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
Chapter 1. Childhood
Chapter 2. Becoming an Artist
Chapter 3. Death Up Close
Chapter 4. Settling Down in Paris
Chapter 5. An Artist's Life
Chapter 6. Rue Hippolyte-Maindron
Chapter 7. Between Cubism and Surrealism
Chapter 8. Decisive Encounters
Chapter 9. A New Phase
Chapter 10. Joining Surrealism
Chapter 11. Eroticism and Violence
Chapter 12. Interior Decoration and Objects
Chapter 13. The Palace at 4 a.m.
Chapter 14. The Death of the Father
Chapter 15. The Break-Up with Surrealism
Chapter 16. A Return to the Model
Chapter 17. The Accident, then the War
Chapter 18. Astonishing Dedication
Chapter 19. Walking Man
Chapter 20. The Death of T.
Chapter 21. A Time of Change
Chapter 22. Falling Man
Chapter 23. Relentless Work
Chapter 24. Doubt Returns
Chapter 25. Success Arrives
Chapter 26. Yanaihara
Chapter 27. A Unique Friendship
Chapter 28. Giacometti the Painter
Chapter 29. Caroline
Chapter 30. Chase Manhattan Plaza
Chapter 31. The Venice Biennale
Chapter 32. The Shadow of Death
Chapter 33. Consecration
Chapter 34. The Final Months
Notes
List of Works Cited
Index of Proper Names