A Window on the World: From Durer to Mondrian and Beyond
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- 出版社 Skira Editore
- 出版时间 2013年1月
- ISBN 9788857216973
- 定价 483.10
内容简介
Throughmorethan200works,therepresentationandpictorialmeaningofthewindowintheWesternArtSincetheRenaissance,thewindowhasbeenbothametaphorandanessentialconceptualtoolinWesternpainting.AWindowontheWorldseekstothoroughlyanalyzethegradualchangeswhichhaveoccurredintherepresentationandpictorialmeaningofthewindow,inparticularinthecourseofthetwentiethcentury.Itexplorestheradicalchangeinperspectivewherebyartistsdevelopedandofferedusaglobalvision,aformalperceptionfreedfromtheneedtoimitatetheobjectiveworld.Thecatalogueisstructuredintofourmainsections:Historicalintroduction,Seeingthrough,Grids,FromtheWindowtotheScreen.Thesesectionsincludespecificanalysisconsecratedtoartistswhohavechosenthewindowastheprivilegedmeansoftheirartisticresearchortorecurrentthemessuchasthefascinatingrelationshipbetweenwindowandstilllife.
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