The Cubist Epoch

Wow! This is a riveting account of the development and influence of the major art movement of the 20th century. Buy this book!

A must have for any serious art student. The images are small, but they are adequate. Lesser known cubists are also discussed. I think it is a good introduction for anyone who wants to study the works of Leger, Gris, Mondrian and Braque.

347 superb illustrations (mostly in color of paintings) on a high quality glossy paper still white despite the 1971 publishing date, excellent analysis, detailed list of works in alphabetical order per artist on 37 pages (or "Check list") - superb book; available complementary DVD with the same title. CONTENTS: Foreword 7 Introduction 11 1 True Cubism 1906-1912 17 Early Cubism: Les Deinoiselles d'Avignon, 1906-7 17 Early Cubism in relation to Fauvism 25 Braquc's Nude, 1907-8 27 Developments in Picasso's Painting, 1907-9 30 Developments in Braque's Painting, 1908-9 37 From Early to High Cubism: The Painting of Braque and Picasso, 1909-12 42 Summary 60 2 The Cubist Movement in Paris 1906-1914 65 Derain, 1906-10 Le Fauconnier, Gleizes and Metzinger, 1910-14 68 Delaunay, 1910-14 78 Léger, 1909-14 85 The Movement Gathers Momentum, 1911-14 97 Types of Cubism 107 The Putcaux Group and the Section d'Or, 1911-13 112 Villon, Duchamp and Picabia, 1911-13 115 Lesser Painters of the Cubist Movement, 1911-13: de Segonzac, Moreau, Marchand, Lhote, Herbin, Rivera, Férat, Chagall, Marcoussis, and de La Fresnaye 127 3 The Influence of Cubism Outside France 137 In Holland: Mondrian 137 In Germany: Marc, Macke, Campendonk, Klee and Feininger 142 In Czechoslovakia: Filla, Kubista, Procházka, Benes, Gutfreund and Çapek 150 In Russia: Gontcharova, Larionov, Malevich, Tatlin, Popova and Udaltsova 156 In Italy: The Futurists 164 American Artists in New York and Paris: Weber, Marin, Stella, MacDonald-Wright, Russell and Bruce 175 In England: The Vorticists 180 4 Late Cubism 1914-1921 183 Braque and Picasso: Pasted Papers and Paintings, Summer 1912 to Summer 1914 183 Juan Gris: Paintings and Pasted Papers, 1912-14 196 Cubism in Paris during the War Years 206 Picasso: Painting 1914-21 210 Braque: Painting 1917-21 219 Juan Gris: Painting 1915-21 221 5 Cubist Sculpture 231 Picasso, de La Fresnaye, Czaky and Filla 232 Duchamp-Villon and Archipenko 239 Boccioni and Weber 244 Gutfreund 247 Lipchitz, Gris, Laurcus and Braque 249 6 Conclusion 263 Bibliography 269 Artists and Their Dates 273 Check List 275 Index 313 Photo Credits 320