{"product_id":"cezanne-1","title":"Cézanne","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn updated edition of this\r\nclassic survey illustrated in\r\ncolor throughout, this book is\r\nthe definitive overview of\r\nPaul Cézanne’s life and work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Picasso he was “like our father”; for Matisse, “a god of painting.” Paul\r\nCézanne (1839–1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In\r\nthis authoritative and accessible study, Richard Verdi traces the evolution\r\nof Cézanne’s landscape, still-life, and figure compositions from the\r\nturbulently romantic creations of his youth to the visionary masterpieces\r\nof his final years. The painter’s biography—his fluctuating reputation and\r\nstrained relations with his parents, wife, and close friend Emile Zola—is\r\nvividly evoked using excerpts from his own letters and from contemporary\r\naccounts of the artist. Cézanne was torn between the desires to both\r\nmake and find art—to master the themes of the past, through his copying\r\nsessions in the Louvre, and to explore the eternal qualities of nature in\r\nthe countryside of his native Provence. In this way, the artist sought “to\r\nmake of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the\r\nmuseums.” In this richly illustrated overview, now updated throughout and\r\nwith a new preface, Verdi explores the strength, vitality, and magnitude of\r\nCézanne’s achievement.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47138285027538,"sku":"9780500204634","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/indigo-pre-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/cezanne-1","provider":"Indigo Pre-Prod","version":"1.0","type":"link"}