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Religious painting : Picasso and Max von Moos

Title

Religious painting : Picasso and Max von Moos / Juan José Lahuerta.

Author

Lahuerta, Juan José, 1954-

Publication

Zürich : Edition Voldemeer Zürich, [2015]
©2015

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Description

91 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm.

Summary

Religious subject matter is not central in 20th century art. One might therefore suspect that, for the avantgarde, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) would have eclipsed religion altogether. However, as Juan José Lahuerta argues in this book, the war caused a considerable revival of certain themes of religious art. In particular, it intensified Pablo Picasso's lifelong preoccupation with the subject of the Crucifixion. The work of the Swiss surrealist painter Max von Moos (1903-1979) throws additional light on the paradox at hand. In 1938, i.e. one year after Picasso painted 'Guernica', von Moos published an essay entitled 'Religious painting of our time' that addresses some of the critical issues then confronted by church art: issues of communication and expression, realism and abstraction that turn out to offer surprising insights into Picasso's art - if not into modern art altogether.

Series Statement

Max von Moos Foundation series ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Schriftenreihe der Max von Moos-Stiftung ; v. 3.

Subject

Genre/Form

works of art.
Art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art.
Œuvres d'art.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

9783110411690
3110411695

LCCN

2015451090
99963029166

OCLC

ocn909476023
909476023
SCSB-1812389

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library