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Bezig met laden... Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kentdoor Constance Martin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Collection Artist: Rockwell Kent Distant Shores was published to accompany an exhibition of Rockwell Kent's wilderness artwork. The text, fully illustrated in black and white with photographs, examples of Kent's illustration work and occasional the work other artists', discusses the artist's background, his love of travel and his work. The full colour plates comprise the bulk of the book running from page 49 to page 112. There follows a concluding essay entitled "After the Odyssey"; a chronology, an exhibition list and a bibliography. This is a well produced book, a paperback with a fold-out cover; the plates are bold and occupy the pages fully, occasionally crossing the gutter with the wider landscapes. There are over 50 paintings reproduced in full colour with a further 30 in black and white accompanying the text, along with around 30 other black and white images, mainly contemporary photographs. I do feel that the choice of type face for the text was ill advised; a round sans face is not well suited for text especially across a wide column width. However the superb colour plates make this book very worthwhile. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an artist of extraordinary drive, talent, and versatility; he embraced life with exuberance. And though he was one of the most popular American illustrators of this century--so much so that The New Yorker published the ditty, "That day will mark a precedent, which brings no news of Rockwell Kent"--the controversies engendered by his socialist leanings, particularly during the McCarthy era in the 1950s, frequently overshadowed his artistic achievements. His major art was inspired by his extended stays in remote, sparsely inhabited and climatically harsh regions, most of them islands, to which his imagination was drawn for a mythic association with the mystical and marvelous. Distant Shores captures Kent's great enthusiasm for the sea and mountains, and the relationship between nature and humanity. Produced to accompany a traveling exhibition of the artist's work, this handsome volume features eighty paintings, prints, and drawings, (more than fifty in full color) related to Kent's sojourns in the wilderness--Maine, Newfoundland, Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland. Included in this collection are works from The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg that have been unavailable to the public since the early 1960s. Kent's dramatic black-and-white illustrations for Herman Melville's Moby Dick--the engravings that popularized his work in the United States--are also featured. The essays describe Kent's career as a painter, printmaker, book designer, illustrator, and prolific writer. Constance Martin contextualizes the work in the exhibition by providing an informative and insightful background of Kent's life and art. Richard West contributes fascinating details about Kent's childhood and early adult life, his mastery of the print medium, and his involvement with American political thought during the McCarthy period. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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