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Author : Peyton Skipwith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957666542
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Book Jackets of Edward Bawden written by Peyton Skipwith and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Mendelsund
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399581030
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Look of the Book written by Peter Mendelsund and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW As the outward face of the text, the book cover makes an all-important first impression. The Look of the Book examines art at the edges of literature through notable covers and the stories behind them, galleries of the many different jackets of bestselling books, an overview of book cover trends throughout history, and insights from dozens of literary and design luminaries. Co-authored by celebrated designer and creative director Peter Mendelsund and scholar David Alworth, this fascinating collaboration, featuring hundreds of covers, challenges our notions of what a book cover can and should be.
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ISBN 13 : 9780995524217
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (242 download)
Download or read book Edward Bawden at Home written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sabine Rewald
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588396002
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Max Beckmann in New York written by Sabine Rewald and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1950, the German Expressionist Max Beckmann set out from his Manhattan apartment to see his Self-Portrait in Blue Jacket, on view at The Met, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Inspired by the poignant circumstances of the artist’s death, Max Beckmann in New York focuses on 40 beautifully illustrated works that Beckmann painted in the city during the last 16 months of his life, as well as earlier works in New York collections. An informative and accessible essay by art historian Sabine Rewald, as well as detailed catalogue entries for each work and generous excerpts from the artist’s letters, diaries, and ephemera, illuminate Beckmann’s difficult and tumultuous life and make this an essential volume for anyone interested in the artist.
Author : Stephanie D'Alessandro
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588397270
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Surrealism Beyond Borders written by Stephanie D'Alessandro and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrealism Beyond Borders challenges conventional narratives of a revolutionary artistic, literary, and philosophical movement. Tracing Surrealism's influence and legacy from the 1920s to the late 1970s in places as geographically diverse as Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Romania, Syria, Thailand, and Turkey, this publication includes more than 300 works of art in a variety of media by well-known figures—including Dalí, Ernst, Kahlo, Magritte, and Miró—as well as numerous artists who are less widely known. Contributions from more than forty distinguished international scholars explore the network of Surrealist exchange and collaboration, artists' responses to the challenges of social and political unrest, and the experience of displacement and exile in the twentieth century. The multiple narratives addressed in this expansive book move beyond the borders of history, geography, and nationality to provocatively redraw the map of Surrealism.
Author : Martin Vaughn-James
Publisher : Coach House Books
ISBN 13 : 1770563679
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Cage written by Martin Vaughn-James and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1975, The Cage was a graphic novel before there was a name for the genre. Considered an early masterpiece of the genre, the Canadian cult comic has been out of print for decades. The new edition includes an introduction by Canadian comics master and Lemony Snicket collaborator Seth (Palookaville; It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken). Cryptic and disturbing, like Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) illustrating a film by Ozu, The Cage spurns narrative for atmosphere, guiding us through a series of disarrayed rooms and desolate landscapes, tracking a stuttering and circling time and a sequence of objects: headphones, inky stains, bedsheets. It's not about where we're going but how – if – we get there.
Author : Steven Heller
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780764971471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Edward Gorey written by Steven Heller and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines dozens of examples of the book art of Edward Gorey, who initially illustrated paperback covers and dust jackets for the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James and Charles Dickens, establishing a pen-and-ink hand-lettered style that would challenge prevailing American publishing standards and help define his publisher's visual identity. His prodigious output of hundreds of jackets and covers evidenced his flair for design and his ability to portray the essence of the books that came his way.
Author : Leonora Carrington
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 0997366648
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (973 download)
Download or read book The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington written by Leonora Carrington and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington’s published and unpublished short stories—many newly translated from their original French and Spanish—is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreamlike worlds.” —Carmen Maria Machado, NPR Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print. With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), The Complete Stories captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist’s life.
Author : Christopher Scoates
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452129487
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Brian Eno: Visual Music written by Christopher Scoates and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive monograph celebrates the visual art of renowned musician Brian Eno. Spanning more than 40 years, Brian Eno: Visual Music weaves a dialogue between Eno's museum and gallery installations and his musical endeavors—all illustrated with never-before-published archival materials such as sketchbook pages, installation views, screenshots, and more. Steve Dietz, Brian Dillon, Roy Ascott, and William R. Wright contextualize Eno's contribution to new media art, while Eno himself shares insights into his process. Also included is a download code for a previously unreleased piece of music created by Eno, making this ebook a requisite for fans and collectors.
Author : Michael Duncan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942884873
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group written by Michael Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract painting meets theosophical spirituality in 1930s New Mexico: the first book on a radical, astonishingly prescient episode in American modernism Founded in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, in 1938, at a time when social realism reigned in American art, the Transcendental Painting Group (TPG) sought to promote abstract art that pursued enlightenment and spiritual illumination. The nine original members of the Transcendental Painting Group were Emil Bisttram, Robert Gribbroek, Lawren Harris, Raymond Jonson, William Lumpkins, Florence Miller Pierce, Agnes Pelton, Horace Towner Pierce and Stuart Walker. They were later joined by Ed Garman. Despite the quality of their works, these Southwest artists have been neglected in most surveys of American art, their paintings rarely exhibited outside of New Mexico. Faced with the double disadvantage of being an openly spiritual movement from the wrong side of the Mississippi, the TPG has remained a secret mostly known only to cognoscenti. Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group aims to address this slight, claiming the group's artists as crucial contributors to an alternative through-line in 20th-century abstraction, one with renewed relevance today. This volume provides a broad perspective on the group's work, positioning it within the history of modern painting and 20th-century American art. Essays examine the TPG in light of their international artistic peers; their involvement with esoteric thought and Theosophy; the group's sources in the culture and landscape of the American Southwest; and the experience of its two female members.
Author : Cao Wenxuan
Publisher : Elsewhere Editions
ISBN 13 : 0914671855
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Feather written by Cao Wenxuan and published by Elsewhere Editions. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical picture book from one of China's most celebrated children's authors and 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award-winner Cao Wenxuan. A feather is blown across the sky, meeting various birds along the way, and asking each one, "Do I belong to you?". Cao Wenxuan tells the story of a single feather who is swept away on a journey of discovery and belonging. Encountering a variety of birds, from a kingfisher to a magpie, Feather is hopeful of meeting the bird she belongs to. Again and again, she is dismissed or ignored. Only when she sees that there is also beauty in being close to the earth does fate offer a reunion... Feather is sure to charm young children with a plot at once compelling, meditative, and quietly moving. Roger Mello’s stunningly beautiful, dynamic illustrations will delight readers of all ages.
Author : Uwe Schütte
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241320550
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)
Download or read book Kraftwerk written by Uwe Schütte and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape 'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, expermenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused sound and technology, graphic design and performance, modernist Bauhaus aesthetics and Rhineland industrialisation - even human and machine - to change the course of modern music. This is the story of Kraftwerk the cultural phenomenon, who turned electronic music into avant-garde concept art and created the soundtrack to our digital age.
Author : Amy De La Haye
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300230486
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Gluck written by Amy De La Haye and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895–1976) was a distinctive, original voice in the early evolution of modern art in Britain. This handsome book presents a major reassessment of Gluck's life and work, examining, among other things, the artist's numerous personal relationships and contemporary notions of gender and social history. Gluck's paintings comprise a full range of artistic genres—still life, landscape, portraiture—as well as images of popular entertainers. Financially independent and somewhat freed from social convention, Gluck highlighted her sexual identity, cutting her hair short and dressing as a man, and the artist is known for a powerful series of self-portraits that played with conventions of masculinity and femininity. Richly illustrated, this volume is a timely and significant contribution to gender studies and to the understanding of a complex and important modern painter.
Author : Martin Salisbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500519134
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (191 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 written by Martin Salisbury and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep dive into the history of the illustrated book jacket, tracing its development across the twentieth century, reflecting some of the most iconic designs of the era
Author : Robert Beatty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942801986
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Floodgate Companion written by Robert Beatty and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floodgate Companion is Robert Beatty's debut monograph, a cosmic and immersive collection of artwork from the renowned album cover artist.
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book East of the Sun and West of the Moon written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Russell
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781781300329
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Ravilious written by James Russell and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book is the first full-length critical study to focus on the watercolours of multitalented British artist and designer Eric Ravilious (1903–1942). Adopting the wide-ranging approach familiar to readers of his previous books on the artist, author James Russell explores the evolution of a remarkable talent. An introductory section offers an intimate portrait of Ravilious, an artist for whom personal relationships, particularly with women, were paramount. It goes on to describe the extraordinary achievements of an all-too-brief career, drawing on new research to seek out artistic influences and examine Ravilious's relationships with fellow-artists, as well as the development of his mark making. There follows the most comprehensive display of Ravilious watercolours yet assembled. Some have never been published, while others are familiar and well loved. Many are explored in short accompanying essays, some with full-bleed images that show details of paintings at full size. These texts are designed to entertain and enlighten, looking at composition, technique, influence and inspiration, or discussing the significance of particular subjects and the people behind the scenes. This is the definitive guide to the luminous, evocative and timeless watercolours of Eric Ravilious, an artist now regarded as one of the finest of the twentieth century.
