Giovanni Segantini. La Vita - La Natura - La Morte - Landmarks of Swiss Art (English, German, Hardcover)

Giovanni Segantini's (1858-99) three paintings La Vita-La Natura-La Morte (Becoming-Being-Passing) of 1898/99 do not reveal at first glance anything about their equally complex and interesting background. Originally planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition of 1900 as a gigantic, multimedia "Alpine symphony" panorama 722 ft long and 66 ft high, Segantini was forced to reduce his work to three purely pictorial main paintings, owing to a lack of financial means. When he died in 1899, whilst still working on it, he left behind an incomplete triptych that was intended to embody "the spirit of nature, of life, and of death." In this book, Swiss art historian and Segantini-expert Juerg Albrecht traces this monumental landmark piece in the artist's oeuvre as one of the last programmatic works of fin de siecle art. Apart from its genesis, the book explains, as well the cycle of life and death that the three paintings visualise, whose origins Segantini sought both privately and creatively in the mountains of the upper Engadine valley during his lifetime. Text in English and German.

General

Imprint:	Scheidegger Und Spiess Ag, Verlag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Landmarks of Swiss Art
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Juerg Albrecht
Dimensions:	250 x 215mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-942072-8
Languages:	English • German
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-942072-0
Barcode:	9783039420728

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