Sebastian Smee: 5 books
The Art of Rivalry
Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists—Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon—whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights.
Rivalry is at the heart of some...
Quarterly Essay 72 Net Loss
The Inner Life in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
We live in an age of constant distraction. Is there a price to pay for this?
In this superb essay, renowned critic Sebastian Smee explores the fate of the inner life in the age of the internet. Throughout history, artists and thinkers have cultivated the deep self, and seen value in solitude...
De kunst van de rivaliteit
Vier vriendschappen, verraad en doorbraken in de moderne kunst
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Prachtig geschreven verhalen over de noodzakelijke strijd tussen bevriende kunstenaars
Picasso had Les Demoiselles d’Avignon niet geschilderd zonder de druk die Matisse uitoefende om het uiterste te behalen. Freud was zonder de vriendschap met Bacon in zijn beginstijl blijven hangen en...
El arte de la Rivalidad
Amistad, traición y ruptura en el arte contemporáneo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 16, 2017
El prestigioso crítico y Premio Pulitzer Sebastian Smee compone en este libro una historia del arte contada a través de las vidas paralelas de ocho artistas.
Matisse - Picasso
Manet - Degas
Pollock - de Kooning
Freud - Bacon
Manet rasga un retrato de él y su mujer pintado por Degas....
Artisti rivali
Amicizie, tradimenti e rivoluzioni nell'arte moderna
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Nel museo di Kitakyūshū si trova uno strano ritratto dei coniugi Édouard e Suzanne Manet, realizzato da Edgar Degas nel 1868-69. Una grande porzione di tela, questa la bizzarria, è stata asportata con una lama, tranciando il viso e il corpo di Suzanne. Ancora più sorprendente, il responsabile...