The fourth volume in the Essays by Leo Steinberg series, focusing on the artist Pablo Picasso.
Leo Steinberg was one of the most original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters to modern art, he combined scholarly erudition with eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His writings, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. Steinberg’s perceptions evolved from long, hard looking at his objects of study. Almost everything he wrote included passages of formal analysis but always put into the service of interpretation.
This volume brings together Steinberg’s essays on Pablo Picasso, many of which have been studied and debated for decades, such as “The Philosophical Brothel,” as well as unpublished lectures, including “The Intelligence of Picasso,” a wide-ranging look at Picasso’s enduring ambition to stretch the agenda of representation, from childhood drawings to his last self-portrait. An introduction by art historian Richard Shiff contextualizes these works and illuminates Steinberg’s lifelong dedication to refining the expository, interpretive, and rhetorical features of his writing.
Picasso is the fourth volume in a series that presents Steinberg’s writings, selected and edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.
By:
Leo Steinberg
Introduction by:
Richard Shiff
Edited by:
Sheila Schwartz
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.420kg
ISBN: 9780226816593
ISBN 10: 0226816591
Series: Essays by Leo Steinberg
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 29 June 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface and Acknowledgments, Sheila Schwartz Introduction, Richard Shiff 1. The Intelligence of Picasso 2. Drawing as If to Possess 3. The Prague Self-Portrait 4. The Philosophical Brothel 5. Resisting Cézanne: Picasso’s Three Women 6. The Polemical Part 7. Touring the Stockholm Collage 8. In the Algerian Room 9. A Working Equation or—Picasso in the Homestretch 10. Picasso’s Endgame 11. “Belied with False Compare” Notes Leo Steinberg: Chronology Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) Photography Credits Index
Leo Steinberg (1920–2011) was born in Moscow and raised in Berlin and London, emigrating with his family to New York in 1945. He was a professor of art history at Hunter College, City University of New York, and then Benjamin Franklin Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he remained until his retirement in 1990. Sheila Schwartz worked with Steinberg from 1968 until his death in 2011. She received her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and is presently Research & Archives Director of the Saul Steinberg Foundation.
Reviews for Picasso: Selected Essays
""The fourth volume in the series Essays by Leo Steinberg shines a light on Pablo Picasso, covering everything from his childhood drawings to his last self-portrait. This volume brings together published texts such as 'The Philosophical Brothel,' along with Steinberg’s unpublished lectures including 'The Intelligence of Picasso.'"" * The Art Newspaper ""Book Bag"" * ""The essays reveal a freshness in Steinberg's approach, which still feels new today... Recommended."" * Choice *
