Paul Cezanne: Drawings and Watercolours

198張精緻彩圖，追溯現代繪畫之父保羅‧塞尚如何創作出畢生追求的永恆藝術《Culture Whisper》票選2015年最適合海灘度假閱讀的書籍「連專業的藝術鑑賞家都對這本細膩的著作讚嘆不已！」—《金融時報》「堪稱完美的產出，一本最值得珍藏的作品！」—《Apollo Magazine》收錄198張素描及水彩畫，探討現代繪畫之父塞尚的一生及藝術成就的發展。作者將塞尚所有的藝術創作以主題做分類：受到早期繪畫大師米開朗基羅及魯本斯影響時的畫作；印象派時期的畫作；深入探索肖像畫及人物畫時期的畫作，例如最為人知的沐浴者(Bathers)等。塞尚的作品深受他的故鄉普羅旺斯的人土風情影響，代表作品為聖維克多山(Mont Sainte-Victoire)；以及後期最具權威性的靜物作品。一目瞭然的主題分類，更容易感受不同時期的塞尚對美的執著及藝術創作的深刻情感。Christopher Lloyd為藝術史學家，曾任職於英國阿什莫林藝術與考古博物館(Ashmolean Museum)及擔任英國皇室藝術收藏品的研究人員，相關著作有《Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels》及《Impressionists on the Water》。Drawing was central to Cézanne's indefatigable search for solutions to the problems posed by the depiction of reality. Many of his watercolours are equal to his paintings, and he himself made no real distinction between painting and drawing. This book's six chapters are arranged thematically covering the whole range of Cézanne's uvre: works after the Old Masters such as Michelangelo and Rubens; his period as one of the Impressionists; his exploration of both portraiture and the human figure, including the magnificent bathers; his interaction with landscape, particularly in his native Provence and the dominating form of Mont Sainte-Victoire; and finally the magisterial still lifes. In the Introduction, as well as throughout the book, Lloyd sets the drawings and watercolours in the context of Cézanne's life and overall artistic development. The result is a greater understanding of the process that led to some of the most absorbing art ever produced.