Chaos & Classicism
Chaos & Classicism

Author: Kenneth E. Silver

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780892074051

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This catalogue examines the interwar period in its key artistic manifestations. It encompasses painting, photography, film, sculpture, architecture, fashion and decorative arts. The book examines classicism between the wars in Europe.

Spaces of Experience
Spaces of Experience

Author: Charlotte Klonk

Publisher:

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9780300151961

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This fascinating study of art gallery interiors examines the changing ideals and practices of galleries in Europe and North America from the 18th to the late 20th century. It offers a detailed account of the different displays that have been created—the colors of the background walls, lighting, furnishings, the height and density of the art works on show—and it traces the different scientific, political and commercial influences that lay behind their development. Charlotte Klonk shows that scientists like Hermann von Helmholtz and Wilhelm Wundt advanced theories of perception that played a significant role in justifying new modes of exhibiting. Equally important for the changing modes of exhibition in art galleries was what Michael Baxandall has called “the period eye,” a way of seeing informed by the impact of new fashions in interior decoration and by department store and shop window displays. The history of museum interiors, she argues, should be appreciated as a revealing chapter in the broader history of experience.

Bystander
Bystander

Author: Colin Westerbeck

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781786270665

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In this book, the authors explore and discuss the development of one of the most interesting and dynamic of photographic genres. Hailed as a landmark work when it was first published in 1994, Bystander is widely regarded by street photographers as the "bible" of street photography. It covers an incredible array of talent, from the unknowns of the late 19th century to the acknowledged masters of the 20th, such as Atget, Stieglitz, Strand, Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Kertesz, Frank, Arbus, Winogrand, and Levitt to name just a few. In this new and fully revised edition, the story of street photography is brought up to date with a re-evaluation of some historical material, the inclusion of more contemporary photographers, and a discussion of the ongoing rise of digital photography.

The Colour of Saying
The Colour of Saying

Author: Mary Lloyd Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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This volume celebrates the life and work of Mary Lloyd Jones, an artist whose life and vision is rooted in the landscape and history of Wales. The six essays examine different facets of Mary Lloyd Jones paintings and life.

Joel Meyerowitz: Provincetown (Signed Edition)
Joel Meyerowitz: Provincetown (Signed Edition)

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Publisher: Aperture Direct

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781683952114

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A safe haven for the queer community and a getaway for artists, the beach town of Provincetown, Massachusetts is a place defined by openness and tolerance. Throughout the late 1970s and early '80s, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers there, roaming the seaside with an 8-by-10 camera, making exquisite, sharply observed portraits of Provincetown's progressive community. Provincetown collects one hundred portraits, most never before published, bringing viewers into an idyllic world of self-styled individualism.