Cy Twombly : making past present / Christine Kondoleon with Kate Nesin ; with contributions by Anne Carson [and 3 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kondoleon, Christine, author.

Nesin, Kate, author.

Contributor:

Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011--Exhibitions.

Twombly, Cy.

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : MFA Publications/Museum of Fine Arts, [2020]

Summary:

Cy Twombly's first visit to Italy as a young man ignited a lifelong passion for classical culture that is everywhere present in his art. Painted canvases, works on paper and small-scale sculptures reveal the historical soul of Twombly's abstract compositions. Taking on myths and heroes as personal guides, he created a psychologically complex dialogue with the visual and literary art of antiquity.00This sumptuously illustrated publication reproduces a carefully chosen selection of the artist's paintings, drawings and sculptures alongside works of classical antiquity, including a number from his personal collection. Illuminating essays by leading scholars and writers, including Anne Carson, Jennifer R. Gross, Brooke Holmes and Mary Jacobus, explore the often enigmatic engagement of Twombly's art with the world of the past.00Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (18.07.?24.10.2020) / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (postponed/dates TBD).

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.

ISBN:

0878468749

9780878468744

OCLC:

1142335120