{"product_id":"the-unfinished-painting-9781419707513","title":"The Unfinished Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout history  works of art have been left unfinished  for a wide variety of reasons. Some of these have  over time  become as valuableor moreas completed works by the same artist. Spanning the 15th to the 20th centuries  The Unfinished Painting looks at 50 such works by old and modern masters  including Van Eyck  Da Vinci  Michelangelo  Gilbert Stuart  Manet  Czanne  Matisse  and Mondrian  and exposes the reason for each ones abandonment  from the illness or death of the artist to war  lack of funds for materials  cancelled commissions  or dissatisfaction with the subject or medium. A discussion of the way unfinished works from centuries agosome crude  some unpolished  some simply abandoned ideashave influenced modern paintings in styles ranging from Cubism to Abstraction accompanies superb colorplates  revealing the past from an unusual vantage point.  Praise for The Unfinished Painting:  Marshaling famous and obscure examples . . . Van Hout tracks the unfinished painting into the modern era  when non-finito techniques such as Impressionism and Cubism become their own means to an end. Art  Auction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648121233461,"sku":"ByrdShop_1419707515","price":60.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781419707513.jpg?v=1781709898","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-unfinished-painting-9781419707513","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}