Last Painting - Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly Chambaz BernardPevná vazba
- A collection of 100 final paintings from 100 deceased artists, with accompanying biographies and thought-provoking text - Features a diverse range of artists, from Bosch, Rubens, and Fragonard, to…
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- A collection of 100 final paintings from 100 deceased artists, with accompanying biographies and thought-provoking text - Features a diverse range of artists, from Bosch, Rubens, and Fragonard, to Hopper, Mondrian, and Kahlo - Generates a fascinating discussion about the relationship between art and death There are no rules, and even less justice. Death takes everyone without discrimination. Sometimes it is accidental - like Signorelli, who fell from scaffolding. Sometimes it is expected, as with the diabetic Cezanne, who wrote "I am old, sick, and I swore to die while painting." But often, researching a painter's death is an easier task than determining which of their works is truly their 'last'. Paintings tend to be dated by year and not month, inciting much debate among art historians. This book embraces this ambiguity, studying 100 examples of works that lay completed for several