HopperKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 29 de nov. de 2011 - 96 páginas Now in rich color, thirty of American painter Edward Hopper’s masterpieces with critiques from acclaimed poet Mark Strand. Strand deftly illuminates the work of the frequently misunderstood American painter, whose enigmatic paintings—of gas stations, storefronts, cafeterias, and hotel rooms—number among the most powerful of our time. In brief but wonderfully compelling comments accompanying each painting, the elegant expressiveness of Strand’s language is put to the service of Hopper’s visual world. The result is a singularly illuminating presentation of the work of one of America’s best-known artists. Strand shows us how the formal elements of the paintings—geometrical shapes pointing beyond the canvas, light from unseen sources—locate the viewer, as he says, “in a virtual space where the influence and availability of feeling predominate.” An unforgettable combination of prose and painting in their highest forms, this book is a must for poetry and art lovers alike. |
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... trapezoid, the green tile, the counter, the row of round stools that mimic our footsteps, and the yellowwhite neon glare along the top. We are not drawn into the diner but are led alongside it. Like so 111a11_v scenes we register in ...
... trapezoid, the green tile, the counter, the row of round stools that mimic our footsteps, and the yellowwhite neon glare along the top. We are not drawn into the diner but are led alongside it. Like so 111a11_v scenes we register in ...
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... trapezoid , the green tile , the counter , the row of round stools that mimic our footsteps , and the yellow- white neon glare along the top . We are not drawn into the diner but are led alongside it . Like so many scenes we register in ...
... trapezoid , the green tile , the counter , the row of round stools that mimic our footsteps , and the yellow- white neon glare along the top . We are not drawn into the diner but are led alongside it . Like so many scenes we register in ...
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... trapezoid slant toward each other but never join , leaving the viewer midway in their trajectory . The vanishing point , like the end of the viewer's journey or walk , is in an unreal and unrealizable place , somewhere off the canvas ...
... trapezoid slant toward each other but never join , leaving the viewer midway in their trajectory . The vanishing point , like the end of the viewer's journey or walk , is in an unreal and unrealizable place , somewhere off the canvas ...
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... trapezoid , one that , in this case , extends nearly across the full horizontal plane of the canvas . And the periodic posting of verticals that frame and give momentary respite in both paintings from the strong horizontal movement of ...
... trapezoid , one that , in this case , extends nearly across the full horizontal plane of the canvas . And the periodic posting of verticals that frame and give momentary respite in both paintings from the strong horizontal movement of ...
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... trapezoid it forms is nowhere near as acute or extended , nor as troubling , as those that appear in Dawn in Pennsylvania and Nighthawks . Even though we are prevented from witnessing its resolution , we do not feel left behind or left ...
... trapezoid it forms is nowhere near as acute or extended , nor as troubling , as those that appear in Dawn in Pennsylvania and Nighthawks . Even though we are prevented from witnessing its resolution , we do not feel left behind or left ...
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