Marc by Susanna Partsch (2001, Paperback)

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Author : Partsch, Susanna. Marc (Taschen Basic Art Series). Publisher : TASCHEN. A Sustainable Cycle. Genre : Individual artists, art monographs. Product Category : Books. We're sorry to hear there's a problem with your order.

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Animal expressions: Franz Marc s search for a universal art Franz Marc (1880 1916) became known principally for his images of animals: blue horses, yellow tigers, red fawns. What was it that led him to concentrate on painting animals? Marc himself explained his choice of subject matter in these words: From an early date I felt humankind to be ugly; animals seemed to me possessed of a greater beauty and purity... Seeing Marc merely as a painter of animals proves, however, premature. Marc, cofounder of the Blauer Reiter group of Expressionist artists, was deeply dissatisfied with the impurity of the world, and was on a quest for a universal art which would resolve the contrarieties of life in the harmony of creation.Using pure colors highly charged with symbolic values, adopting crystalline shapes, and absorbing the influence of Cubism, he moved steadily towards an abstract order of image, coming closer to his own understanding of a better world. At the age of 36, Franz Marc s life was cut short when he died in the Battle of Verdun. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions "

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PublisherTaschen
ISBN-103822856444
ISBN-139783822856444
eBay Product ID (ePID)92142930

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Publication Year2001
Number of Pages92 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
AuthorSusanna Partsch
FormatPaperback

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Item Weight12.7 oz.
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7.3 in

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