Book description
With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in full color -- this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. Modern Masters form a perfect reference set for home, school, or library. Each handsomely designed volume presents:
- A thorough…
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1 author picked Willem De Kooning as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I learned a lot from the first chapter. The writing is dense but so informative and insightful into the complexities and aesthetics of De Kooning's life and art. Because life is art.
Art projects us into the future, our imagination, our dreams, our fantasies, the indescribable, emotions, visual pleasure and introspection. It evokes memories, violent or non-violent, sexual or not sexual.
But this book taught me how much there is that I didn't see when I looked at a De Kooning painting or any painting for that matter. The intention of the artist, their marks, their lives, their intellect, the…
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On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
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