Publisher's Synopsis
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Museum of Modern Art, NewYork) dubbed by Pierre Daix as "the first painting in modern art" represents a milestone in the history of art. Picasso's radical break with tradition was to be a decisive influence on modern visual art. Only after this painting did Picasso, together with Braque, feel able to launch into the Cubist adve n t u re which literally splintered the visual realm; it was to change the face of painting forever by creating a new visual language and an original perspective on the world.
