书名：Picasso – El Greco / 毕加索-埃尔·格列柯

作者：Carmen Gimenez, Josef Helfenstein

出版：Hatje Cantz，2022

装帧：精装，192页

语种：英语

尺寸：23.8*29.6 cm

探寻毕加索与幻象造型大师之间不断演变的对话脉络

年轻时，巴勃罗·毕加索（Pablo Picasso，1881–1973）经常造访普拉多博物馆（Prado Museum），他拒绝了正规的学院教育，转而亲自钻研大师们的作品。埃尔·格列柯（El Greco，1541–1614）的作品尤其吸引了他，很快，这份钦佩便化作了创作的灵感。埃尔·格列柯风格中的标志性特征，在毕加索那既敬重又带有颠覆性的笔触下得以重生。在毕加索的蓝色时期（1901–1904），他融入了埃尔·格列柯对修长人像、朴素背景以及一丝神秘主义和矫饰主义的偏好；在其职业生涯的晚期，他更明确地表达了对西班牙黄金时代的迷恋，唤起了埃尔·格列柯作品中那温暖的棕色与赭石色调。事实上，毕加索助力推动了人们对埃尔·格列柯作品兴趣的复兴——尽管埃尔·格列柯的作品在16世纪因其无可否认的独创性而受到同时代人的赞誉，但在他去世后，这些作品却基本被世人遗忘，直到20世纪初才重新进入人们的视野。通过与前辈展开对话，毕加索在其作品中确立了一种历史连续性——在激进的形式创新中，这种连续性成为了一种稳固的根基。

本书将两位艺术家的40幅杰作并置呈现，凸显了这种对话的深度与持久性。

Tracing the contours of Picasso’s evolving dialogue with the master of phantasmagorical figuration

In his youth, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) frequented the Prado Museum, rejecting a formal education in favor of studying the works of the old masters himself. El Greco (1541–1614) particularly captivated his attention, and his admiration soon bloomed into inspiration. Signature features of El Greco’s style were regenerated by Picasso’s reverent, if also subversive, hand. During his Blue Period (1901–04), the artist incorporated El Greco’s penchant for elongated figures, sober backgrounds and a touch of mysticism and mannerism; during his late career, he more explicitly embraced his fascination with the Spanish Golden Age, evoking El Greco’s palette of warm browns and ochers. Indeed, Picasso helped spearhead a resurgence of interest in El Greco, whose work―while acclaimed by his contemporaries in the 16th century for its undeniable ingenuity―was largely forgotten following his death, until the early 1900s. By engaging in a dialogue with his predecessor, Picasso established a point of historical continuity in his work―a grounding presence in the midst of his radical formal interventions.

This volume juxtaposes 40 masterpieces by the artists, underscoring the depth and longevity of this engagement.