Skip to search
Skip to main content
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
Printer
Bookmark
In Library Use Only
Cubism and the trompe l'oeil tradition / Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling ; with essays by Claire Le Thomas and Rachel Mustalish.
Author
Braun, Emily, 1957-
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
©2022
Description
286 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 25 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Cubism
—
Exhibitions
[Browse]
Trompe l'oeil painting
—
Influence
—
Exhibitions
[Browse]
Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973
—
Exhibitions
[Browse]
Braque, Georges 1882-1963
—
Exhibitions
[Browse]
Gris, Juan 1887-1927
—
Exhibitions
[Browse]
Author
Cowling, Elizabeth
[Browse]
Le Thomas, Claire
[Browse]
Mustalish, Rachel
[Browse]
Cowling, Elizabeth
[Browse]
Le Thomas, Claire
[Browse]
Mustalish, Rachel
[Browse]
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
[Browse]
Host institution
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
[Browse]
Summary note
The age-old artistic tradition of pictorial illusionism, known as trompe l'oeil ("deceive the eye") beguiles us with visual tricks and confounds our perception of reality and fiction. Presenting a radically new take on Cubism, this book shows how Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Juan Gris parodied classic trompe l'oeil motifs and devices while inventing playful, original ways of challenging the viewer's perception. Insightful, handsomely illustrated essays explore connections between the Cubists and the trompe l'oeil artists of earlier centuries with whom they engaged in creative one-upmanship. Essays discuss the previously unstudied trompe l'oeil iconography within Cubist still lifes; the history of the trompe l'oeil genre and its changing status over the centuries; the materials and processes used in Gris's collages; Braque's grounding in trompe l'oeil interior decoration techniques; and more. Over one hundred illustrated works juxtapose Cubist paintings, drawings, and collages with related compositions by the old masters. This handsome volume, which reveals the surprising origins of some of Cubism's most recognized motifs, is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern art.
Notes
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 20, 2022, through January 22, 2023." -- Colophon
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index
Contents
Director's foreword
Acknowledgments
Visual Mischief / Emily Braun
For and against trompe l'oeil / Elizabeth Cowling
The tricks of the trade : Georges Braque's artisanal origins / Claire Le Thomas
Paper, patterns, and play : Juan Gris's materials and techniques / Rachel Mustalish
Themes and variations / Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling
Artists' biographies : sixteenth to nineteenth centuries / Lindsay Ganter and Sean O'Hanlan
List of plates
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Photograph credits.
Show 10 more Contents items
ISBN
1588396762 (hardcover)
9781588396761 (hardcover)
OCLC
1153053866
RCP
C - S
Statement on responsible collection description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Cubism and the trompe l'oeil tradition / Emily Braun, Elizabeth Cowling ; with essays by Claire Le Thomas and Rachel Mustalish
id
99126228659706421