Artist's Statements of the Old Masters |
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| Author:
| Seed, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5152-2403-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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"If the great European artists of the past were alive today, what kinds of statements would they need to write to explain and justify their work?" In his newly released book, Artist's Statements of the Old Masters, HuffingtonPost Arts blogger John Seed answers this question for 24 great European works of art, satirizing the language of Postmodern art writing in the process.In Seed's hilarious sendup, Old Master artists make pretentious comments that sound a lot like those made by...
More Description"If the great European artists of the past were alive today, what kinds of statements would they need to write to explain and justify their work?" In his newly released book, Artist's Statements of the Old Masters, HuffingtonPost Arts blogger John Seed answers this question for 24 great European works of art, satirizing the language of Postmodern art writing in the process.In Seed's hilarious sendup, Old Master artists make pretentious comments that sound a lot like those made by today's postmodern academics and MFA candidates. For example, the 18th century painter Fragonard talks about "investigating the callipygian forms of a complex homosocial nexus in an anti-Lacanian context." The Northern Renaissance master Hieronymous Bosch "investigates a lexicon of parafictional erotic proclivities."Early Reviews:McArthur Prize winning critic Dave Hickey says: "No young art-historian should be without this book. It fills a gaping hole in Old Master Studies."Art Dealer and critic Mat Gleason comments:"A great takedown and easily the best art world satire in a decade." The book contains 24 color images and statements for the following European Masters:Leonardo da VinciJan Van EyckJean Baptiste GreuzeDiego VelázquezHieronymus BoschJean-Honore FragonardTitianPeter Paul RubensFrans HalsRaphaelJean-Baptiste GreuzeRachel RuyschJuan Sánchez CotánPieter AertsenPieter ClaeszMichelangelo BuonarrotiJean-Antoine WatteauVan DyckJusepe de RiberaJacques Louis DavidJoachim PatinirJacob Van RuisdaelRembrandt Van Rijn