LOOKING AT PAINTINGS CIRCUS - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 185561202X ISBN 13 : 9781855612020

Editeur : Belitha Press Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This book is one of a series designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject. This book shows us something about what great artists saw when they were inspired by the skill and spectacle of the circus, with its daring trapeze artists, riotous clowns and dancing bears. Some painters have recreated the excitement that unfolds night after night under the big top. Others have used the circus as a way of expressing other aspects of life, like the tragedy of war. Readers are led on a personal gallery tour of 19 of the author's favourite paintings of the circus. From the work of an unknown Indian artist to Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Georges Seurat, Marc Chagall and others, each artist's vision and interpretation of the circus is unique. Some artists such as Reginald Marsh in "Pip and Flip" and John Steuart Curry in "The Flying Codonas", depict the drama and excitement traditionally associated with circus acts. Other artists, such as Edward Hopper in "Soir Bleu" and Max Beckmann in "Acrobat on Trapeze", were more unconventional in their view of the circus and use it as a means to convey the horror and despair they felt about war.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Belitha Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185561202X
• ISBN 13: 9781855612020
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible