{"product_id":"fernand-leger-contrasts-of-forms-9780970626332","title":"Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matthew Affron\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Virginia Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Virginia Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1912 and 1914, Fernand Léger executed a large cycle of works known as the \u003ci\u003eContrasts of Forms\u003c\/i\u003e. The series embraces the genres of landscape, still life, and figure, but at its core are numerous arresting compositions that sweep aside observation to focus on formal principles. The common denominator is a complex vocabulary of mingled cones, cylinders, cubes, and planes, vigorously outlined and scrubbed with color (in the paintings) or with black ink and white gouache (in the works on paper). The \u003ci\u003eContrasts of Forms\u003c\/i\u003e are essential to two great chapters in the history of modern art in the years before the First World War: first, the development of cubism, and second, the emergence of abstract art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurated by Léger scholar Matthew Affron and organized by the University of Virginia Art Museum, this tightly focused exhibition unites two landmark paintings with eleven works on paper from major museums and private collections. \u003ci\u003eFernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms \u003c\/i\u003ewas presented at the University of Virginia Art Museum from January 19 to March 18, 2007, and will be at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, from April 14 to June 10, 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full-color catalogue features two essays. Affron examines the logic of the \u003ci\u003eContrasts of Forms\u003c\/i\u003e and the importance of this cycle in shaping the character of Léger's art. Maria Gough (Stanford University) focuses on the drawings and on Léger's notion of abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Art Museum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891984646295,"sku":"9780970626332","price":1893.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780970626332.webp?v=1781185368","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fernand-leger-contrasts-of-forms-9780970626332","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}