Picasso

World of Art

by Timothy Hilton

There have been many books about this astonishing artist, most of them written as celebrations of his creative abundance. Timothy Hilton has a more challenging to define Picasso's achievement and his place within twentieth-century art. 207 illus., 30 in color.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1975

Reviews

[Timothy Newey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slightly - "Long", but "Excellent"! "Super"!!

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The text is very scholarly, and I couldn’t follow it, but there are an enormous number of pictures of Picasso’s art so I ended up just looking at all of them.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of many books on Picasso, an easy read. Lots of the book is taken up with the artist's numerous paintings and sketches. The book gives a reasonable overview of his life, without going its great depth. I found some of the criticisms of Picasso's work towards the end of the book a bit odd, as the book was largely without critique of his work up until then.

[A Ojala · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Picasso was now beginning his new career as the legend of Picasso."