No Italian painter of this century has aroused so much comment, from eulogy to outright condemnation, as Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). One of the initiators of surrealism, he is a key figure in modern art; his influence on later painters, particularly during his metaphysical period, is second only to Picasso's. De Chirico relied on imagery from the unconscious to create art with mythological, philosophical, and historical overtones.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Giorgio De Chirico
EAN: 9780306805684
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 320 g
HEIGHT: 202 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Books
DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-03-22
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GENRE: ART / General, ART / Individual Artists / General
WIDTH: 126 cm
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Book Themes:
Surrealism, Paintings and painting, History of art, Individual artists, art monographs, Autobiography: general
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) was an Italian artist and writer. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists.
