Disciplines Art Modern & Contemporary Art

The Genesis of a Painting by Rudolf Arnheim

The Genesis of a Painting Picasso's Guernica

by Rudolf Arnheim (Author)
December 2006
First Edition
Paperback
$34.95, £27.00
Title Details

Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9780520250079
Trim Size: 8.5 x 11
Illustrations: 1 color plate, 72 halftones

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About the Book

Rudolf Arnheim explores the creative process through the sketches executed by Picasso for his mural Guernica. The drawings and paintings shown herein, as well as the photographs of the stages of the final painting, represent the complete visual record of the creative stages of a major work of art.

About the Author

Rudolf Arnheim (1904—2007) was Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sarah Lawrence College. He was author of many books, including Art and Visual Perception, Film as Art, The Power of the Center, and Visual Thinking.