Albert and the whale : Albrecht Dürer and how art imagines our world
Hoare, Philip2021
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"Albrecht Dürer was the first artist to truly employ the power of reproduction. He reinvented the way people looked at, and understood, art. He painted signs and wonders; comets, devils, horses, nudes, dogs, and blades of grass so accurately that even today they seem hyper-real, utterly modern images. Most startling and most modern of all, he painted himself, at every stage of his life. But his art captured more than the physical world, he also captured states of mind. Albert and the Whale explores the work of this remarkable man through a personal lens. Drawing on Philip's experience of the natural world, and of the elements that shape our contemporary lives, from suburbia to the wide open sea, Philip will enter Dürer's time machine. Seeking his own Leviathan, Hoare help us better understand the interplay between art and our world." --Publisher.
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Author:
Hoare, Philip, author
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Imprint:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.©2021
Collation:
296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781643137261 (hbk)9781643137261
Dewey class:
709.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
402774
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft | 709.2 HOA | Onloan - Due: 11 Aug 2025 |