Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists
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Sell my copyAuthor: Marina Warner
Title: Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 288
Release Date: 2018-10-23
Details: An anthology of enlightening writing by an award-winning critic that engages with art in its social, political, and aesthetic contexts.
Art writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity, and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues author Marina Warner in this new anthology. Here, some of Warner's most compelling writing captures the visual experience of the work of a diverse group of artists-with a notable focus on the inner lives of women-through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude in their work. Warner vividly describes this imagery, covering the connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, the Catholicism of Damien Hirst, performance as a medium of memory in the installations of Joan Jonas, and more.
Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, Warner's approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. Accompanied by illustrations of the works being described, Marina Warner's writing unites the imagination of artist, writer, and reader, creating a reading experience that parallels the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art. This book will appeal to any student of art history, those interested in philosophy, feminism, and more generally in the humanities.
40 illustrations in color
EAN: 9780500021460
Package Dimensions: Height: 9.4 Inches, Length: 6.4 Inches, Weight: 2.1164377152 Pounds, Width: 1.2 Inches
Languages: en
