Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani has endured as one of the most esteemed artists of the twentieth century and his work has never been more popular than it is today. The lush, sensuous nudes and intense, mannered portraits that are his trademark have become favorites of collectors and museum-goers alike, the timeless products of a man who was as passionate about his life as he was about his art. Though Modigliani"s work was largely ignored during his short lifetime, the myth surrounding him as a Romantic artist, one hampered by illness but given to personal excess, has only served to bolster the popularity of his work today. Modigliani"s untimely death cut short his impassioned productivity, but this volume captures the intensity of his drawings, sculpture, and paintings in more than seventy full-color illustrations. Documentary photographs enhance the detailed account of his life, his inspirations, his friends and lovers, and his intense struggle to assert...