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Alberto Giacometti / Yves Bonnefoy

By:

Bonnefoy, Yves

Contributor(s):

Penwarden, Charles

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Assouline , 2001Description: 78 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9782843233005

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.2 GIA

Summary: Giacometti was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Breaking both with the figurative tradition and with contemporary tendencies that gave priority to the play of signs over the exploration of the human condition, he developed an art that speaks with unmatched gravity and intensity of the presence of other beings - for beings standing before him in that moment of their existence. This art is not simply art: it is a metaphysical and moral statement of the kind that society needs. Yves Bonnefoy, who knew Giacometti personally and is the author of a highly detailed monograph on him, now offers this broadly brushed portrait of the man and his art.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	709.2 GIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009966

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Giacometti was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Breaking both with the figurative tradition and with contemporary tendencies that gave priority to the play of signs over the exploration of the human condition, he developed an art that speaks with unmatched gravity and intensity of the presence of other beings - for beings standing before him in that moment of their existence. This art is not simply art: it is a metaphysical and moral statement of the kind that society needs. Yves Bonnefoy, who knew Giacometti personally and is the author of a highly detailed monograph on him, now offers this broadly brushed portrait of the man and his art.

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