The Artist and the Camera: Degas to Picasso by Dorothy Kosinski Hardcover Book

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Over-sized hardback coffee table book with dust jacket titled THE ARTIST AND THE CAMERA: Degas to Picasso by Dorothy Kosinski. … more Over-sized hardback coffee table book with dust jacket titled THE ARTIST AND THE CAMERA: Degas to Picasso by Dorothy Kosinski.
Published in 1999 by Dallas Museum of Art.
Beautifully illustrated with vintage black and white photographs and color reproductions.
Dust jacket has moderate scuffing/scratches.
Synopsis:
Artists discovered and explored the artistic and practical applications of photography at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. This stunning book explores the highly individual ways some of the most influential artists of the period put this wondrous new medium” to use in their painting and sculpture and shows how they enfolded photographs into their creative processes.

Paintings, sculpture, and photographs by such artists as Bonnard, Brancusi, Degas, Gauguin, Khnopff, Moreau, Mucha, Munch, Picasso, Rodin, Rosso, Vallotton, von Stuck, and Vuillard are discussed and reproduced. The book also includes an array of photographs by great masters (Steichen, Nadar, Muybridge) and lesser-known figures.
About the Author:
Dorothy Kosinski is the Barbara Thomas Lemmon Curator of European Art, Dallas Museum of Art.
Title: The Artist and the Camera: Degas to Picasso
Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition. less