Giorgio De Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne

by Michael Taylor, Giorgio de Chirico, Matthew Gale

Some 180 paintings, drawings, sculptures and documentary photographs, as well as essays considering the literary, artistic, historical and philosophical meanings of this series of paintings, including an unpublished text by Max Ernst.

Genres: Art

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Samuel Valentino · Rating 4 out of 5]

With plenty of paintings to represent the point, this book shows a good selection of de Chirico's work related to the subject. The only drawback for me was the use the artist put to the myth. I personally was hoping that there was some deeper, Jungian sense of using mythology, but it seemed more like a recurrent theme than anything. However, it was still well written and a good source of information of the artist.