The Memoirs Of Giorgio De Chirico

by Giorgio De Chirico

Overview

No Italian painter of this century has aroused so much comment, from eulogy to outright condemnation, as Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). One of the initiators of surrealism, he is a key figure in modern art; his influence on later painters, particularly during his "metaphysical" period, is vast. De Chirico relied on imagery from the unconscious to create art with mythological, philosophical, and historical overtones, so that his paintings have an appeal that is more that purely visual.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306805684
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	03/22/1994
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) was an Italian artist and writer. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists.