Giacometti, Alberto 1901-1966

Alberto Giacometti by Alberto Giacometti ( Book )
156 editions published between 1951 and 2012 in 9 languages and held by 1,957 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Today, one hundred years after his birth and a generation after his death, Alberto Giacometti is recognized as one of the small group of modern masters who dominated art during much of the twentieth century. This centennial volume both celebrates his achievement and reexamines his work, and thus contributes to a more focused concentration on the art itself" "The importance of reassessing Giacometti's work resides not only in each new generation finding a somewhat different artist than its forebears, but also in that each fresh look tends to impede the spread of myths and generalizations that shield us from the complexities of a great artist's oeuvre. This publication is meant to extend popular and critical understanding of Giacometti's achievement and to return the reader to the center of Giacometti's work, where new insights can only be revealed by the objects themselves."--BOOK JACKET

Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966 by Valerie J Fletcher ( Book )
14 editions published between 1986 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
exhibition include many of Giacometti's greatest and best-known pieces, as well as rarely-seen Surrealist sculptures and previously unrecorded works. All are reproduced - eighty as full page colour plates. The fully illustrated essays, written by some of the world's leading Giacometti scholars, bring together remarkable new research and make this book an invaluable introduction to the artist's life and work

Alberto Giacometti in postwar Paris by Michael Peppiatt ( )
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Alberto Giacometti, one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century, created sculptures and paintings of stark and haunting beauty. Now, in the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, this book celebrates his genius, tracing his development from the tiny sculptures he made during World War II to the characteristically emaciated figures of his mature style." "Michael Peppiatt gives an account of the crucial moment when Giacometti returned from his wartime exile in Geneva to his beloved Paris, a city traumatized by the war but receptive to new movements and ideas. He describes how Giacometti's way of seeing life - and his way of working - underwent several dramatic transformations during this period." "This book is the catalogue for an exhibition to be held at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, England, and at the Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne, Switzerland."--BOOK JACKET

Alberto Giacometti : myth, magic, and the man by Laurie Wilson ( )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Alberto Giacometti, one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, was also one of the most enigmatic. In this new interpretation of Giacometti and his work, art historian and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson demonstrates how the artist's secret beliefs and lifelong fears were embodied in his evocative sculpture, drawings, and paintings." "Wilson's Giacometti was an extremely imaginative child who entwined fantasy and real-life experiences. As he matured, the artist combined fact and fancy into evolving myths, part conscious and part unconscious. Drawing on biographical data uncovered during a decade of research, Wilson reconstructs traumatic events and issues in Giacometti's life - including family births and deaths, world wars and their aftermath, and his intense and ambivalent relationship with his parents - and examines their profound effects on his artistic evolution. These startling new interpretations will forever change the way we understand both the man and his work."--BOOK JACKET

In Giacometti's studio by Michael Peppiatt ( Book )
7 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This deeply engaging book focuses on one of the most evocative and influential spaces in twentieth-century art: the tiny, ramshackle studio behind Montparnasse where the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti lived and worked from the late 1926 until his death. For nearly forty years, this chaotic but visually riveting space was the absolute centre of Giacometti's world, as well as a magnet for a whole generation of artists and writers in Paris, from Picasso and Braque to Balthus, from Breton and Sartre to Genet and Beckett."--Dust jacket

Alberto Giacometti by Jackie Gaff ( Book )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Alberto Giacometti. Includes a timeline linking the events in his life with world events

Alberto Giacometti by Michel van Zèle ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in French and English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two films about the surrealist artist, Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures and distinctive approach to the human body have greatly influenced modern art. What is a head? features interviews with several art world luminaries. A man among men features an interview with the artist

Giacometti by Palma Bucarelli ( Book )
2 editions published in 1962 in Italian and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cézanne & Giacometti : paths of doubt by Paul Cézanne ( Book )
7 editions published in 2008 in English and Danish and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) has been the artist's artist of choice for more than a century now, and there seems to be no end to the inspirational forces embedded within his work. Despite the sixty-two years separating their births, it is almost impossible to avoid drawing comparisons between the lives and works of Cezanne and Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Both men began with a violent period of creation, focusing on sex and struggle until a decisive creative shift meant that they instead devoted themselves to the task of realistic representation. Even in his works which seem stylistically unrelated, Giacometti made frequent allusions to the master from Aix." "With essays by Felix A. Baumann, Tobia Bezzola, Inken Freudenberg, Donat Rutimann, Poul Erik Tojner, and Veronique Wiesinger, this publication closely examines the development of this affiliation, revealing how an appreciation of Giacometti's work can shed new light on Cezanne's artistic achievements and exploring the possibility that - in spite of chronological complications - this relationship was one that benefited both artists."--BOOK JACKET

Alberto Giacometti : works, writings, interviews by Angel González García ( Book )
4 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide