Product Description

Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) traditionally competes with Giorgio de Chirico for the title of greatest twentieth-century Italian artist. This is the first overall survey of Morandi’s work since Francesco Arcangeli’s monograph of 1964. It is therefore the first to take into account the considerable amount of writing on Morandi in recent years scattered in the catalogues of retrospectives staged at leading European museums, from the Hermitage to Tate Modern. The book examines Morandi’s entire œuvre – his still-lifes and landscapes, and his engravings of the same subjects. It starts from his Cézanne-influenced origins, looks briefly at his connection with portraying the ‘metaphysics’ of things, and then examines the period from 1920 until his death, characterised by an introspection scarcely related to the prevailing aesthetics of the time. In this phase, Morandi’s work was rightly compared to Giacometti’s in a memorable 1980s Tate Gallery show. He wavered constantly between a boundless love for domestic reality and a desire to surpass it, while his growing interest in the most absolute values of painting led Morandi to the verge of abstraction.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1013004 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 80 pages

From the Publisher
he Art Gallery Series is an affordable, high-quality range with a fresh approach, which reaches beyond the usual selection of Old Masters and Impressionists. Alongside books on celebrated figures like Raphael, you will find titles devoted to lesser-known artists such as the Pollaiuolo Brothers, as well as surveys of entire art-historical periods. Subjects range from mediaeval to contemporary and will soon include non-Western art.

This is a flexible series, varying its length to suit its theme: titles on specific artists will have 80 pages (32 color plates) or 112 pages (48 color plates), while those looking in detail at particular periods in art will be 160 pages in length (64 color plates).

About the Author
Fabrizio D’Amico was born in Rome in 1950. He published essays and books on Mannerist and Baroque painting and on 19th- and 20th-century Italian and European art. He mounted exhibitions on Monet, Mafai, Raffaello, Pirandello, Ferrazzi, Hartung, Afro, Turcato, Scialoja, Melotti, Pascali, Bendini, Perilli, Mattiacci, among others. He holds the chair of History of Contemporary Art at the University of Pisa. Since 1976 he has written in the cultural pages of the daily "La Repubblica", as editor of the contemporary art section.

Customer Reviews

Morandi: (Art Gallery Series)
Fabulous plates. Really enjoyed both seeing and reading about the development of Morandi's style and about his life. This book inspired me.