9780262072281 - Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art di Gustafson, Donna (8 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Used: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. No marks or writing in book. Binding holding very nicely. Jacket has some minor light rubbing; otherwise almost like new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Images from the World Between is an engaging survey of circus imagery in twentieth-century American art. In her introductory essay, curator Donna Gustafson chronicles the history of the American circus, showing how and why it came to be an important subject for American art. Through a discussion of a wide range of paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs, Gustafson examines how the circus has been represented both as a microcosm of society and as an alternative reality. Some artists have been drawn to the abstract beauty of the circus ring, tent, and performances. Others have immortalized individual performers such as trapeze artist Alfredo Codona, animal trainer Clyde Beatty, and aerialist Lillian Lietzel for their physical prowess, grace, and courage. Still others have focused on the darker aspects of circus life, such as the danger inherent in many of the performances and the appeal of the grotesque.The book accompanies an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts. Among the artists discussed are Diane Arbus, George Bellows, Rhona Bitner, Alexander Calder, John Stuart Curry, Charles Demeuth, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Lisette Model, and Bruce Nauman. In addition to Gustafson's, the book contains essays by Karal Ann Marling on the postwar revival of interest in circus motifs and on the clown in popular culture, by Ellen Handy on the circus in twentieth-century photography, by Lee Siegel on the circus in twentieth-century literature, and by Eugene R. Gaddis on A. Everett 'Chick' Austin's collection and exhibition of paintings with circus themes. As director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Ringling Museum of Art, and as a performing magician, Austin united the worlds of art and the circus. The circus as a focal point of twentieth-century American art. Open copy with light to mild wear, clean pages with tight binding, dust jacket wrapped in Brodart protector.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New in As New dust jacket. 184pp. "Chronicles the history of the American circus and examines both how and why the circus came to be an ideal subject for American art. Through an insightful discussion of over 90 works- including paintings, photographs, installations, watercolors, video, sculptures and prints- Gustafson explores how the circus has been represented as both a microscosm of society and an alternate reality."; 9 1/4 x 12 ".

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Illustrated dustjacket over white boards with blue spine. 184 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 2001-2002 exhibitions. The first look at this neglected area of American art in a long time, and certainly the most thorough. Includes essays by Donna Gustafson, Ellen Handy, Karal Ann Marling, Eugene R. Gaddis, and Lee Siegel. Contents as follows: Images from the world between : the circus in twentieth-century American art / Donna Gustafson -- Photographing 'The splendidest sight that ever was' : cruelty, alienation, and the grotesque in the shadow of the big top / Ellen Handy -- Clowns with bad attitudes : popular culture goes to the circus / Karal Ann Marling -- Chick Austin : the ringmaster at the museum / Eugene R. Gaddis -- Point/counterpoint : the circus in art, the circus in life / Lee Siegel.

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