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Circle: "God is a circle whose center is everywhere but whose
circumference is nowhere." Circle means perfection, cyclicity,
superiority of the divinity, but also instability and movement. In
nature soap bubbles are spherical and internal trees' rings are
circular; the legend tells that Giotto drew a perfect O, while
perfection is tangible on Michelangelo's Tondo Doni and
Botticelli's Vergine col Bambino. King Arthur's knights were pairs
around a round table, and nowadays people sit in circle to make a
decision or watch a show. Bruno Munari selects and describes in
this little, extraordinary encyclopedia, several uses of this
fascinating and mysterious form, unstable and hieratic at the same
time. Square: Square has much importance in man's life: a lot of
churches, monuments, games (like chess), and fonts are
square-based. But man seems not to realise it... one more time
Bruno Munari amazes us with an historical, anthropological,
scientific square book. Triangle: From the vegetable structure of
the coconut to the diagram of human settlements by Le Corbusier,
one can frequently find the shape of the equilateral triangle in
many different occurrences, both in a natural environment and in
artificial works. Along with the circle and the square, the
equilateral triangle is one of the three basic forms, and is
suitable to be combined in modular frameworks to generate a
structured field in which endless other combinatorial forms may be
constructed. From classical Arab and Japanese decorations to the
contemporary architecture of Buckminster Fuller and Wright, the
familiarity with the equilateral triangle, in all its formal and
structural resources, generates curious and fascinating
experimentations. After the books of the same collection dedicated
to the circle and the square, a new reprint by Bruno Munari about
the many uses of this evocative shape throughout the centuries.
These studies were originally published in 1976 in the series
Quaderni di design, curated by Munari himself for Zanichelli.
Internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly’s site-specific installations in the form of architectural commissions and exhibitions
Forty years of Dale Chihuly’s spectacular site-specific glass installations are captured in this large-format publication examining architectural commissions, temporary art installations, and museum exhibitions around the world. Chihuly’s installations on walls, windows, ceilings, stairways, courtyards, and fountains are closely examined. Chihuly and Architecture explores entire rooms and galleries, glasshouses and castles, and travels from the canals of Venice to the Citadel in the Old City of Jerusalem, providing rare insight into Chihuly’s inspiration and global footprint.
A group of primarily Scottish artists (mainly William York
Macgregor, Joseph Crawhall, George Henry, Edward Atkinson Hornel,
Sir John Lavery and Arthur Melville), the Glasgow Boys were active
around the turn of the 20th Century. Though they painted in a
number of different styles, they are connected by their rejection
of classic Victorian painting. Inspired by the luminous techniques
of James McNeil Whistler, they harnessed Impressionistic brushwork
and livid realism in their work, trying new methods and everyday
settings to create stunning works of art. With over 100 images, and
broad introduction, this is a fine addition to Flame Tree's
ever-increasing series on painting and illustration, Masterpieces
of Art.
This first major retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains unearths her
significant contributions to Chicanx/Latinx art and feminism. Best
known for her pioneering altar installations, Amalia Mesa-Bains is
one of the most innovative feminist and Latinx artists of her
generation. In her forty-year career as an artist, activist,
educator, and scholar, she has explored the experiences, spiritual
practices, and histories of Mexican American women and addressed
the colonial erasure and recovery of Mexican, African American, and
Indigenous Californians. Appropriately called an "archaeological"
practice, Mesa-Bains's art creates sacred spaces imbued with
cultural memory, leading viewers on a magical journey of discovery
through what might otherwise be lost to existing canons of history.
Amalia Mesa-Bains: The Archaeology of Memory is the exhibition
catalog accompanying the first major retrospective of her work,
bringing her installations from the 1970s to the present together
for the first time. Featuring an essay by the artist and an
interview with her, the book also brings together top-tier scholars
who explore the ecofeminism, migrant histories, spirituality, and
politics of erasure that ground her interdisciplinary practice. As
a whole, the book cements Mesa-Bains's place as a trailblazing
artist within the history of art. Published in association with the
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Exhibition dates:
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. February 4-July 23,
2023
Stan Lee invented SPIDER-MAN! And IRON MAN! And the HULK! And the
X-MEN! And more than 500 other iconic characters! His name has
appeared on more than a billion comic books, in 75 countries, in 25
languages. His creations have starred in multibillion-dollar
grossing movies and TV series. This is his story. Danny Fingeroth
writes a comprehensive biography of this powerhouse of ideas who
changed the world's understanding of what a hero is and how a story
should be told, while exploring Lee's unique path to becoming the
face of comics. With behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with
Stan's brother Larry Lieber and other industry legends, The
Marvelous Life has insights that only an insider like Fingeroth can
offer. Fingeroth, himself a longtime writer and editor at Marvel
Comics and now a lauded pop culture critic and historian, knew and
worked with Stan Lee for over three decades. Due to this
connection, Fingeroth is able to put Lee's life and work in a
context that makes events and actions come to life as no other
writer could.
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AES+F
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Giuseppe Barbieri
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The volume will shed light on the psychoanalytic approach that
underlies their language and provocations, intended to induce a
process of self-reflection in the viewer, changing their perception
of the world and society. Their visual journey will be articulated
into three chronological sections corresponding to the most
significant shifts in their conceptual evolution, covering their
practice from 1995 to 2020.
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Noa Noa
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Paul Gauguin; Edited by Jonathan Griffin
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Gauguin's great diary from Tahiti almost never saw the light of day
in its original form. The manuscript was sent by the artist from
his island refuge to his friend Charles Morice in Paris, and
published in 1901 with immediate success, under the two names of
Paul Gauguin and Charles Morice. Morice, with Gauguin's permission,
had 'edited' and enlarged it to make it more readable. How much of
the charm and crispness of the manuscript had been lost in the
process was anyone's guess. It was to be 40 years before Gauguin's
original version came to light, and it is published here in a
translation by the poet Jonathan Griffin, together with a detailed
description by the art historian Jean Loize, who re-discovered the
manuscript. Loize shows that Morice had in parts altered Gauguin's
text beyond recognition - a startling discovery that entirely
changed ideas about Gauguin's style and intentions. This genuine
version of Noa-Noa is not only an important document, it is also a
beautiful piece of writing: amusing, acid, wide-eyed, moving.
Gauguin feared that, unedited, it would seem absurdly crude; and no
doubt it would have, to most readers in his day. Today we can
appreciate its sketch form, jerky directness, authentic freshness.
This edition is illustrated with the watercolours, wood-engravings
and drawings that Gauguin assembled for the book.
World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique concept
paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, featuring
everything from epic landscapes and towering cities to
out-of-this-world science fiction vistas.
This collection focuses on his wide variety of futuristic art, as
well as his striking covers for a variety of esteemed SF authors,
including Arthur C Clarke, John Scalzi, Ben Bova, Hal Clement, Jack
McDevitt, Frederik Pohl, Orson Scott Card's Enders books and many
more.
It is so good, after so many years of public indifference, even
hostility towards Vincent and his work, to feel towards the end of
my life that the battle is won.' JO VAN GOGH-BONGER TO GUSTAVE
COQUIOT, 1922 'It is a sacrifice for the sake of Vincent's glory.'
JO VAN GOGH-BONGER ON THE SALE OF 'THE SUNFLOWERS' TO THE NATIONAL
GALLERY, UK, 1924 Little known but no less influential, Jo van
Gogh-Bonger was sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, wife of his
brother, Theo. When the brothers died soon after each other, she
took charge of Van Gogh's artistic legacy and devoted the rest of
her life to disseminating his work. Despite being widowed with a
young son, Jo successfully navigated the male-dominated world of
the art market-publishing Van Gogh's letters, organizing
exhibitions in the Netherlands and throughout the world, and making
strategic sales to private individuals and influential
dealers-ultimately establishing Van Gogh's reputation as one of the
finest artists of his generation. In doing so, she fundamentally
changed how we view the relationship between the artist and his
work. She also lived a rich and fascinating life-not only was she
friends with eminent writers and artists, but she also was active
within the Social Democratic Labour Party and closely involved in
emerging women's movements. Using rich source material, including
unseen diaries, documents and letters, Hans Luijten charts the
multi-faceted life of this visionary woman with the drive to shake
the art world to its core.
I'll never forget that first time a saw a New Orleans Mardi Gras
Indian. I was driving home while the sun was setting and there was
a flash of orange feathers. My heart jumped. I didn't take many
photos that day, just three. Then, I handed my camera to some
people with the Indians to take my picture with them. I was
enamored from the start. Previous pictures I saw of the Indians
focused on the suits blocking out the faces. With the incredible
amount of work and art that went into these suits, I felt it was
important to include the faces of these artists. It felt like it
was no longer my art. It was an extension of what they were doing,
and a way to honor what they had created. Their art is expensive
and hard to do, and it isn't done for monetary gain. I admire that,
and I relate. And over time we got to know each other very well.
The Indians began asking me to come out with them to take pictures.
The Black Feathers had me document the images of my monograph Let's
Go Get Em' on St. Joseph's Night, when the Indians come out after
sunset.
Gary Hill is one of the most influential contemporary artists to
investigate the myriad relationships between words and electronic
images. His inquiries into linguistics and consciousness offer
resonant philosophical and poetic insights, as he explores the
formal conjunctions of electronic visual and audio elements with
the body and the self. With experimental rigor, conceptual
precision and imaginative leaps of discovery, Hill's work in video
is about, and is, a new form of writing. In this substantial
volume, George Quasha and Charles Stein analyze the artist's entire
career, paying particular attention to the single-channel video
works. Covering Hill's oeuvre, this highly readable monograph
features a comprehensive chronology of his work, including
important production details. A careful selection of key writings
by the artist is also included. With 640 pages and more than 900
illustrations, it is the most comprehensive and in-depth treatment
of Gary Hill's work to date, written in close connection with the
artist, and offers an essential theoretical and scholarly frame for
continuing study.
The Meadows Museum in Texas is famed for its collection of Spanish
art. This new series documents exceptional loans from other
American collections, offering audiences the singular opportunity
to view them within the context of Meadows's permanent collection.
The Frick's magnificent 'King Philip IV of Spain' by Diego
Velazquez (1599-1660) is the subject of this volume.
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Matisse
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Volkmar Essers
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The work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) reflects an ongoing belief in
the power of brilliant colors and simple forms. Though famed in
particular for his paintings, Matisse also worked with drawing,
sculpture, lithography, stained glass, and collage, developing his
unique cut-out medium when old age left him unable to stand and
paint. Matisse's subjects were often conventional: nudes,
portraits, and figures in landscapes, Oriental scenes, and interior
views, but in his handling of bold color and fluid draftsmanship,
he secured his place as a 20th-century master. It was Matisse's
palette that particularly thrilled the modern imagination. With
vivid blue, amethyst purple, egg-yolk yellow, and many shades
beyond he liberated his work from a meticulous representation of
reality and sought instead a "vital harmony," often referring to
music as an inspiration or analogy for his work. A comprehensive
and informative source, this lavishly illustrated publication has
been revised in close collaboration with the Matisse estate.
Including preparatory studies, full-page reproductions, and
enlarged details, discover the artist's adventurous path, from the
chromatic brilliance of his Fauve period, right through to his
invention of gouache cut-outs at the ripe age of 80. Each image has
been reproduced with painstaking care to create a viewing
experience worthy of the expressionist par excellence. The bard of
color deserves no less. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series
features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre
of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical
importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with
explanatory captions
A complete retrospective of the paper engineer and artist Matthew
Shlian, documenting a decade of unrivalled and unexpected
creativity. Paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian has always
recognized the material's potential for experimentation. Folded,
tessellated, compressed, extrapolated, two-dimensional paper
becomes three-dimensional sculpture in beautiful and unexpected
ways. 'My process is extremely varied from piece to piece. Often I
start without a clear goal in mind, working within a series of
limitations. For example on one piece I'll only use curved folds,
or make my lines this length or that angle, etc. Other times I
begin with an idea for movement and try to achieve that shape or
form somehow.' Unfolding is Shlian's first comprehensive monograph.
A journey into the new possibilities of folding technology, the
intricate complexities of Islamic patterns, and the sheer potential
offered by a sheet of white paper, it celebrates a humble material,
on the edge of its existence, elevated to timeless form and
possibility.
As one of the people who defined punk's protest art in the 1970s
and 1980s, Gee Vaucher (b. 1945) deserves to be much better-known.
She produced confrontational album covers for the legendary
anarchist band Crass and later went on to do the same for Northern
indie legends the Charlatans, among others. More recently, her work
was recognised the day after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory,
when the front page of the Daily Mirror ran her 1989 painting Oh
America, which shows the Statue of Liberty, head in hands. This is
the first book to critically assess an extensive range of Vaucher's
work. It examines her unique position connecting avant-garde art
movements, counterculture, punk and even contemporary street art.
While Vaucher rejects all 'isms', her work offers a unique take on
the history of feminist art. -- .
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