Product Description

Now available in a sleek and nicely priced new format, this book reveals why Giorgio Morandi is considered one of the most accomplished painters of his generation.

Throughout his long career, Morandi focused on still lifes and landscapes that captured the simple beauty of light and form. While his contemporaries struggled with the intellectual turmoil and aesthetic experimentation of the twentieth century, Morandi remained faithful to the subjects that fascinated him most: bottles, vases, and jugs, and the view out his studio window in Bologna. This richly illustrated volume brings together more than one hundred of his most important works. Grouped according to technique paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings each aspect of his work is given thoughtful consideration by scholars who explore Morandi s genius for composition, his serene palette, and his expertise as a draftsman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #423909 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

About the Author
Ernst-Gerhard Güse is the director of the Foundation of Weimar Classics Museum. He is the author of numerous books on art.

Franz Armin Morat is an author and co-founder of the Morat Institute for Art and Artistic Research.

Customer Reviews

Giorgio Morandi
Wonderful book about Morandi with great photgraphs of his work. As a painter, I have used this book to work with still lifes, think more about how to address light and color. The simplicity of Morandi's work is deceiving. He said that he could have painted his still life's for three lifetimes and never be tired of what he learned. I can see why he felt that way. Working with Morandi is great for deeply exploring the power of the most basic aspects of form, shape, color and light.