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"Traces Picasso's life and work from his childhood to his last drawings, and suggests that Picasso was a 'vertical invader' from Europe's feudal past, a 'primitive' man who burst upon a complex civilization and conquered it. Also analyzes the price Picasso paid for that conquest: in exile, isolation, and loneliness. Shows how the phenomenon of Picasso's success was connected less with his art than with the nostalgic nineteenth-century idea of genius that he evoked in others" --back cover
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The Success and Failure of Picasso, John Berger
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- Released
- 1980
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Berger
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Released
- 1980
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 210
- ISBN10
- 0394739000
- ISBN13
- 9780394739007
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Philosophical Topics, Art, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Design, Art History & Criticism, English Literature, History of Art, Booker Prize
- First published
- 1972
- Original title
- G.
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- "Traces Picasso's life and work from his childhood to his last drawings, and suggests that Picasso was a 'vertical invader' from Europe's feudal past, a 'primitive' man who burst upon a complex civilization and conquered it. Also analyzes the price Picasso paid for that conquest: in exile, isolation, and loneliness. Shows how the phenomenon of Picasso's success was connected less with his art than with the nostalgic nineteenth-century idea of genius that he evoked in others" --back cover