Chapter Bodies of Tow and Paraffin
“Bodies of tow and paraffin” is the phrase used by Georges Braque, pioneer with Picasso of Cubism, to describe the alarm that he felt at his first sight of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon when he paid Picasso a visit as he was painting it in the Bateau Lavoir in 1907. This sums up well the reactions the w...
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| description | “Bodies of tow and paraffin” is the phrase used by Georges Braque, pioneer with Picasso of Cubism, to describe the alarm that he felt at his first sight of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon when he paid Picasso a visit as he was painting it in the Bateau Lavoir in 1907. This sums up well the reactions the work produced among the friends of the Spanish painter who first saw it. This chapter summarises these first reactions of horror, disgust and disappointment felt among Picasso's friends and acquaintances. It also provides a host of comments and quotes made by Picasso himself, remarkable for their contradictions and high dosages of irony. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-955872024-05-11T07:35:48Z Chapter Bodies of Tow and Paraffin Méndez Baiges, Maite Modernism Demoiselles d'Avignon Braque Derain Kahnweiler thema EDItEUR::A The Arts “Bodies of tow and paraffin” is the phrase used by Georges Braque, pioneer with Picasso of Cubism, to describe the alarm that he felt at his first sight of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon when he paid Picasso a visit as he was painting it in the Bateau Lavoir in 1907. This sums up well the reactions the work produced among the friends of the Spanish painter who first saw it. This chapter summarises these first reactions of horror, disgust and disappointment felt among Picasso's friends and acquaintances. It also provides a host of comments and quotes made by Picasso himself, remarkable for their contradictions and high dosages of irony. 2022-12-23T04:05:04Z 2022-12-23T04:05:04Z 2022-12-22T16:07:46Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20221222_9788855186568_87 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60425 9788855186568 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95587 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60425/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-656-8_03.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60425/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-656-8_03.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-656-8.03 10.36253/978-88-5518-656-8.03 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186568 6 Florence open access |
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