Picasso Rivera

Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Juan Coronel Rivera, Michael Govan, James Oles, Jennifer Stager, Lilly Casillas, Emilie Bouvard, Michele Greet, Patricia Dee Leighten, Camille Mathieu, Itzel A. Rodríguez Mortellaro

The book explores the artistic dialogue between Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera that spanned most of their careers. The book showcases nearly 150 iconic paintings, sculptures, and prints by both artists, along with objects from their native ancient Mediterranean and Pre-Columbian worlds. It gives an overview of their early training in national academies; important archaeological discoveries that occurred during their formative years; and their friendly and adversarial relationship in Montparnasse. A series of essays accompanies the exquisitely reproduced works, allowing readers to understand how the work of each artist was informed by artworks from the past. Picasso drew upon Classical art to shape the foundations of 20th-century art, creating images that were at once deeply personal and universal. Meanwhile, Rivera traded the abstractions of European modernism for figuration and...