An Artist in Venice [VINTAGE 2013] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Langue : anglais

Edité par David R. Godine, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 2013

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As new condition red and white illustrated boards, blue cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Quote by Henry James; Preface by Theodore K. Rabb; Foreword by Simon Winchester; Afterword; Glossary; Notes and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with twenty-three full color drawings by the author/artist plus illustrated front and rear endpapers. Two small repaired closed tears at lower front right jacket edge and upper front left spine edge. "The city of Venice has always provided an almost irresistible lure for both writers and artists. Henry James loved it, as did Ruskin, Browning, Pound, and Brodsky. For artists, it has been a compulsory magnet since the time of Bellini and Canaletto. By the nineteenth century there was hardly an artist of note - Whistler and Turner, Sargent and Predergast, Sickert and Bonington - who was not seduced by the city's charms, history, and aesthetic heritage. For the depiction of Venice by artists, it's a high bar that's been set, by Adam Van Doren, grandson of the Pulitizer-prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren, convincingly confronts the competition in this charming memoir, a verbal and visual account of his love affair with the city. His story is personal; like all other artists, he sees the city with and through his own eyes, but he is also well informed historically. He laces his tour with information, opinion, and citation. With Van Doren as guide, the reader's tour of the city is rich and convincing, filled with the presence of illustrious predecessors. With a thoughtful preface by the scholar Theodore K. Rabb, a charming foreword by Simon Winchester, twenty-three full-color drawings by the author/artist, and even six pages of commendably lucid notes, this is a book that will proudly take its place alongside the many others that have celebrated this city for centuries." - from the inner front jacket flap. "[Van Doren's] depictions of San Marco and the Grand Canal in Venice, architectural ruins, and boats on the Thames could double as illustrations for a Henry James tale of Americans abroad." - The New Yorker. "If I could paint like anybody, I'd love to be able to paint like Van Doren." - Graydon Carter. "Has there ever been a seductress quite like Venice? By her nature, her light, her complexion and her architecture, she conquers each of her suitors. Adam Van Doren is no exception. What makes An Artist in Venice exceptional is Van Doren's paintings and his words. Combined, they form a love letter to one of Humanity's most remarkable achievements." - Morley Safer. "[Van Doren] has such a gift for watercolors.with a bold wet look that still sits up on the page." - John Updike. "Venice is an ideal source, and metaphor, for Van Doren's art. Along its canals and alleys - which he has visited regularly since 1973 - colorful historic architecture and brilliant natural light intersect at dramatic angles with kaleidoscope effect." - Mark D. Mitchell, Assistant Curator of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.…

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Titre
An Artist in Venice [VINTAGE 2013] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Auteur
Van Doren, Adam
Éditeur
David R. Godine, Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Année de publication
2013
État de l'article
As New
Jaquette
Very Good
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Springer, Nick (map); Van Doren, Adam (jacket art); Scarbrough, Carl W. (jacket design); Capone, Mimi (author photograph)
Édition
1st Edition
Impression
1st Printing
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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