Giacometti (Revised Edition)

by BONNEFOY, YVES

• ISBN13: 9782080305176
• ISBN10: 2080305174
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-01-03
• Publisher: Flammarion

Summary

Yves Bonnefoy examines the entire range of Alberto Giacometti's creative productionsculpture, painting, drawing, and lithographsin this classic, singular study of the Swiss sculptor. By focusing on the works rather than on the details of the artist's life, and by relying on the evidence of Giacometti's important writings and statements, the authora poet, essayist, and friend of the artistprovides a wealth of interpretations of Giacometti's drawings, canvases, and sculptures.Bonnefoy's eloquent and incisive text traces Giacometti's artistic developmentfrom his experience with surrealism, to his return to figurative sculpture, and then to the period of his monumental Walking Man series. The superbly designed and copiously illustrated volume is further enriched with archival photographs of Giacometti's studios and five decades of his artistic life in Paris. Accompanied by an extensive biographical chronology and bibliography, and illustrated with nearly 600 works and documents, the revised edition of this oversized, exquisitely-produced monograph will continue to be the essential, authoritative reference on this artist.

Author Biography

Yves Bonnefoy is a writer devoted to the analysis of poetry and art. He has been appointed doctor honoris causa at various universities, including the University of Chicago, and has published many volumes of his own poetry as well as French translations of Yeats and Shakespeare. In 1981, he was elected chair of comparative poetry at the Collège de France.