![]() ![]() We are all biased by our past experiences, which shape what we see and how we evaluate it. There is growing evidence in cognitive science that expectations, context-dependent prior beliefs, are crucial to perception. Picasso lived for three more decades, but this is the final volume. “The Minotaur Years” ends before World War II is over. Richardson, who was not trained as an art historian, was a friend of Picasso, a fluent writer with a gift for narrative and a sensitive ability to read the artist’s work in relation to his life. “Picasso” is a name that has come to mean “greatness.” Only “Einstein” rivals it as shorthand for “genius.” John Richardson’s three earlier volumes of “A Life of Picasso,” published between 19 and now followed by a fourth, rest on the unquestioned assumption that Picasso represents a pinnacle of artistic achievement. A LIFE OF PICASSO The Minotaur Years, 1933-1943 By John Richardson with the collaboration of Ross Finocchio and Delphine Huisinga ![]()
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