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This publication is the fourth volume of an important catalogue
raisonne of the work of Francis Picabia This publication, the
fourth volume of an important catalogue raisonne of the work of
Francis Picabia (1879-1953), includes paintings and selected
drawings dating from 1940 into 1952. During the war years, while
still residing in the south of France, Picabia was primarily
occupied by figural subjects -multi-figure allegories, female
nudes, and glamorous female "portraits" -painted in bold
illusionistic relief. Notorious even in his lifetime, most of these
works are now known to have adapted photographic illustrations in
older "girly" magazines and other popular media. Upon his return to
Paris in the post-war period, Picabia renewed his earlier interests
in abstract and sometimes non-objective art, still often drawing
upon published sources ranging from prehistoric art to Nietzsche,
and pursued frequent exhibition of his distinctive, constantly
mutating responses to critical currents of the day. These included
a series of severely reductive, subtly effective "point" or dot
paintings beginning in 1949-three years before ill-health
effectively ended Picabia's half-century of artistic provocation.
Distributed for Mercatorfonds
Hungarian-born French artist Nicolas Schoeffer (1912-1992), though
relatively unknown today, was during his lifetime a significant
presence in the art world. His 1956 piece CYSP 1 is considered the
first cybernetic sculpture, making use of motors, microphones, and
photo-electric cells to create a work based on feedback loops and
responsiveness to its environment. For Schoeffer, cybernetics
enabled a crucial artistic exploration of the boundary between the
living and the technological. This important reevaluation of
Schoeffer's work features sculptures, paintings, and drawings,
including unpublished pieces from the artist's studio and archive,
as well as documentation of his interdisciplinary and experimental
collaborations with architects, musicians, choreographers,
scientists, and industrialists. Particular attention is paid to the
innovative work he created between 1945 and 1975, which takes on
particular resonance in our current, digitally saturated world.
Distributed for Mercatorfonds Exhibition Schedule: Lille Metropole
Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art (02/23/18-05/20/18)
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a radical inventor: an artist who
discarded convention and disrupted hierarchies, overturning the
traditional basis of culture while revolutionising the way people
perceive and interact with art. Calder's 'new line' was not simply
an evolution of forms and styles. From the start, it was quite
clear to all who witnessed him at work that - in his way of drawing
attention and gaining notoriety - he was doing something radically
new. This catalogue shows how Calder's work emerged from
expectations of change in American popular culture. Calder, who was
initially attracted by the structure and functions of the circus,
looked for alternative models to triumph over respectability,
public decorum, and the ambitions of industry. The catalogue, with
twelve essays from major contributors, will examine how Calder,
among the first college-trained artists, found techniques and
inspiration in many disciplines and their development: technology,
engineering, architecture, physics, and astronomy, among others.
All these contributed to the development of his wire sculptures,
mobiles, and stabiles. More than 100 works and comparative
illustrations will guide the reader through this innovative and
unique path.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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edition identification: ++++ A New Method Of Learning With Facility
The Latin Tongue: Containing The Rules Of Genders, Declensions,
Preterites, Syntax, Quantity, And The Latin Accents, Digested In
The Clearest And Concisest Order, Volume 2; A New Method Of
Learning With Facility The Latin Tongue: Containing The Rules Of
Genders, Declensions, Preterites, Syntax, Quantity, And The Latin
Accents, Digested In The Clearest And Concisest Order; Pierre
Nicole Claude Lancelot, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Nicole, Thomas
Nugent Printed for F. Wingrave, 1803 Foreign Language Study; Latin;
Foreign Language Study / Latin; Latin language
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This Book Is In French. Due to the very old age and scarcity of
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blurring of the original text.
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