HOPPER-ANGLAIS - Couverture rigide

Renner, Rolf Gunter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836500337 ISBN 13 : 9783836500333

Editeur : TASCHEN, 2017

Synopsis

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct sense for mood and place.

Much of Hopper's work excavates modern city experience. In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie disquiet, alienation, loneliness and psychological tension, although his rural or coastal scenes can offer a counterpoint of tranquility or optimism.

This book presents major works from Hopper's œuvre to introduce a key player not only in American art history but also in the American psyche.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rolf G. Renner, nacido en 1945, obtuvo su doctorado en 1976 y ha enseñado en las universidades de Gotinga y Múnich (Alemania), Charlottesville (Virginia) y Columbia (Nueva York). Desde 1988, ha trabajado como profesor en la Universidad de Friburgo en Alemania. Numerosos artículos suyos han aparecido en varias revistas y diarios.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Edward Hopper, de worstelende kunstenaar die het icoon van het moderne stadsleven werd, is vooral bekend om zijn verontrustende nachtelijke restaurantscèneNighthawks. Dit boek belicht zijn beheersing van locatie, stemming en melancholie door middel van juxtapositie van levendige kleuren, scherpe theatrale belichting en strak omlijnde figuren die tegelijkertijd deel uitmaken van en vervreemd zijn van hun omgeving.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: TASCHEN
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836500337
• ISBN 13: 9783836500333
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 95
• Coordonnées du fabricant: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne