Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art - Brossura

Sims, Lowery Stokes

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ISBN 10: 0940717867 ISBN 13: 9780940717862

Casa editrice: Cleveland Museum of Art Bookstore, 2006

Riassunto

Geometry can be found all around us. The Persistence of Geometry is an exploration of the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with a special emphasis on modern and contemporary art. It is a highly personal visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries with traditional and historical art.

The Persistence of Geometry provides an opportunity to understand forms and shapes as carriers of meaning that are both specific to a particular cultural context and universal in their immediate appeal. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, textiles, utensils and furniture from historic and contemporary cultures worldwide illustrate how geometric structures and abstract visual vocabularies have communicated meaning throughout history. I n the modern era, these geometric forms have served as vehicles for revolutionary distillations of form and narrative and as the foundations for conceptual and social models of new societal values.

Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, President of The Studio Museum in Harlem, has curated over 40 exhibitions, many reflecting an interest in African American and women artists; written extensively on African, Latino, Native and Asian American artists; and taught art history, curatorship, and art criticism at Bard College and Queens College, among others.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, President of The Studio Museum in Harlem, has curated over 40 exhibitions, many reflecting an interest in African American and women artists; written extensively on African, Latino, Native and Asian American artists; and taught art history, curatorship, and art criticism at Bard College and Queens College, among others.

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This study of geometry in art shows how the language of universal form connects the imaginations of artists and viewers through the ages and around the world.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cleveland Museum of Art Bookstore
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0940717867
• ISBN 13: 9780940717862
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile