中文简介：

在现代艺术知名人物中，Amedeo Modigliani（1884-1920）是许多展览和出版物的主题，但直到现在，还没有人深入研究过这位艺术家是如何创作他的绘画和雕塑的。作者利用现代科学技术进行研究，探讨了艺术家早年对材料的再利用；他从立体主义等艺术趋势中抽身出来，从事一种风格化的具象形式；他令人回味的雕塑作品的时间线；以及他从大量加工的画布到更空灵的绘画的演变。这本图文并茂的书还探讨了阿尔伯特·C·巴恩斯的作用，他是Modigliani作品的早期收藏者，影响了这位意大利艺术家在美国的接受程度。巴恩斯基金会如今拥有世界上非常重要的Modigliani作品组。这些作品以及来自世界各地公共和私人收藏的约40件绘画和雕塑作品，通过国际领先的博物馆进行的新研究的视角得到了诠释。

英文简介：

Among the most celebrated figures of modern art, Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) has been the subject of many exhibitions and publications, but none until now has examined in depth how the artist created his paintings and sculptures. Drawing on research using the latest scientific techniques, the authors explore the artist's reuse of materials in his early years; his pivot from artistic trends such as Cubism to engage with a stylized form of figuration; the timeline of his evocative sculptures; and the evolution of his approach from heavily worked canvases to more ethereal paintings. The richly illustrated book also looks at the role of Albert C. Barnes, an early collector of Modigliani's work, in shaping the Italian artist's critical reception in the United States. The Barnes Foundation today owns one of the most important groups of Modigliani works in the world. These, together with some forty other paintings and sculptures from public and private collections worldwide, are interpreted through the lens of new studies carried out by leading international museums.