The Learning to Live Finally (Häftad)
avBarbara Hess
ISBN: 9780230537859 - UTGIVEN: 200711With death looming, Jacques Derrida, the world's most famous philosopher-known as the father of "deconstruction"-sat down with journalist Jean Birnbaum of the French daily Le Monde. They revisited his life's work and his impending death in a long, surprisingly accessible, and moving final interview.[...]
Willem De Kooning (Häftad)
avBarbara Hess
ISBN: 9783822821350 - UTGIVEN: 200407Dutch-born American painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was a leader of the abstract expressionist movement. Inspired by Arshile Gorky to abandon the realist style that had dominated his work in the 1930s, he began experimenting with abstraction in the 1940s and quickly gained critical success. Hi[...]
Lucio Fontana (Pocket)
avBarbara Hess
ISBN: 9783822849187 - UTGIVEN: 2006-12Fontana (1899-1968) blurred the lines between painting and sculpture by creating works that combined both form and color in a spatial context. From his early work in collaborating with architects through his years in Buenos Aires, and his light installations of the early 1950s, this book covers the [...]
Jasper Johns (Häftad)
avBarbara Hess
ISBN: 9783822851715 - UTGIVEN: 200705Features a detailed chronological summary of Jasper Johns' life and work and covers its cultural and historical importance.
Though his work is often categorized as Pop Art for its use of popular iconography and household objects, Jasper Johns can also be described as a Neo-Dadaist. Using[...]
Abstract Expressionism (Inbunden)
avBarbara Hess
ISBN: 9783836513852 - UTGIVEN: 200911This title is Taschen 25 - Special edition! The language of paint, 'Abstract expressionism' refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressi[...]
