Ideal and Reality: The Image of the Body in 20th-Century Art from Bonnard to Warhol

by Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Peter Weiermair (Editor)

An anthology of more than 200 drawings, watercolors, pastels, and gouaches by almost as many modern and contemporary artists from Matisse, Klimt, and Schiele to Paul Klee, Jim Dine, and Man Ray. The works appeared in an exhibit at the Salzburg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. In his introduction, Weiermair (director of the museum), discusses various approaches to figural representation as well as artists' erotic fascination with the body. He includes photos of several sculptures which were also part of the exhibit. Distributed by Abbeville Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

287 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1994

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[Loree · Rating 3 out of 5]

good collection