Book 2007
PICASSO LESSONS
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- Publisher
- THE ARCHITECT PAINTER PRESS / CINEMATECTURE® INC
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Significant Space
- Laura Middleton
- Jeffrey Hildner
- The Architect Painter Press
- JEF7REY HILDNER
- Pablo Picasso
- Art criticism
- Architecture
2007 MARKED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY of Pablo Picasso's painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The Demoiselles triggered the invention of Cubism and ignited an artistic revolution. Form broke free. Abstraction erupted. In this short essay, architect/painter Jef7rey Hildner revisits Picasso's landmark canvas, x-rays its organizing principles, and discovers new . . . Picasso lessons.
JEF7REY HILDNER is an architect, a painter, and a writer. Author of *Daedalus 9*, *Garches 1234*, and *Henry Trucks—Painter*, his award-winning work and his essays on the theory and practice of art appear in a wide range of publications, including *Journal of Architectural Education* and *Global Architecture Houses*. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Princeton University.