Part of a series which introduces key artists & movements in art history, this book deals with Picasso. Each title in the series contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, & numerous comparative black & white illustrations. ...

Picasso was a member of, & a huge financial donor to, the Communist Party from 1944 until his death in 1973. This title presents an examination of Picasso as a politically & socially engaged artist, from the 1940s, when he defiantly remained in Paris during the Nazi occupation, throughout the subsequent Cold War period. ...

Marina Picasso remembers being six year old & standing awkwardly in front of the gates of Picasso's grand house near Cannes. She was there with her father & eight-year-old brother to collect from her grandfather the weekly allowance that Picasso grudgingly gave his eldest son to support is family. ...

A look at Pablo Picasso, considered by many to be the greatest painter of our time. This film covers the period between 1881 & 1937 & reveals many unknown aspects of his work & personality & contains over 600 of his works, many never seen in public. ...

Offers a look at one of the most pivotal exchanges in the history of Western art: the culminating two years (1910-12) of Analytic Cubism. While the Cubist experiment has long been a requisite chapter in the history of modernism, this title delves into these two intense years of productivity. ...

Between 1917 & 1962, Pablo Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets including ' Parade', ' Pulcinella' & 'L' Apres-midi d'un Faune', in collaboration with such artists as Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Leonide Massine & Vaslav Nijinsky. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, also created the sets & costumes for the very Spanish ballet, ' Le Tricorne' (' The Three-Cornered Hat'). This release features the entire ballet along with a documentary which traces the story of Picasso's involvement with designs for ballet. ...