Tomoko's brief survey of the life and work of Alphonse Mucha, concentrating on his signature illustrations featuring those much-imitated Art Nouveau nymphs as well as his less famous grand multi-work masterpiece The Slav Epic, sheds little light on the life of its subject, but supplies the framework for plentiful stunning reproductions of his work.
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Mucha
Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939: The Artist as Visionary by Sato Tomoko, 91 pages
Labels:
20th Century,
art,
Dennis M,
Mitteleuropa,
Non-fiction
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