Anne-Grit Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 6891975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne-Grit Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne-Grit |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Letters of Transition
In 1957, four years after his first journey to Europe, Cy Twombly leaves New York City and crosses the Atlantic to live and work in Rome. Marked by uncertainty, especially in the beginning, the change of location affects the artist’s material practice and fosters within his work the emergence of what has often been called the “Mediterranean effect.” This essay examines this effect and critically questions its temporal logic. Cutting across media,…
Marks and Material in Cy Twombly’s North African Sketchbooks
In 1952 Cy Twombly (1928–2011) changed the focus of his European grand tour by making a side trip to North Africa. During his three-month stay in Morocco he engaged in activities such as assisting archeological excavations, making tapestries out of native textiles, and producing hundreds of sketches that he estimated were crucial for his later paintings. This article analyzes Twombly’s North African sketchbooks, a group of drawings in crayon and …
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Marks and Material in Cy Twombly’s North African Sketchbooks
In 1952 Cy Twombly (1928–2011) changed the focus of his European grand tour by making a side trip to North Africa. During his three-month stay in Morocco he engaged in activities such as assisting archeological excavations, making tapestries out of native textiles, and producing hundreds of sketches that he estimated were crucial for his later paintings. This article analyzes Twombly’s North African sketchbooks, a group of drawings in crayon and …
Letters of Transition
In 1957, four years after his first journey to Europe, Cy Twombly leaves New York City and crosses the Atlantic to live and work in Rome. Marked by uncertainty, especially in the beginning, the change of location affects the artist’s material practice and fosters within his work the emergence of what has often been called the “Mediterranean effect.” This essay examines this effect and critically questions its temporal logic. Cutting across media,…
Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Arcadia (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (1 work) · Concerto (1 work)