Painter's Word: Thomas Hart Benton, Marsden Hartley and Ad Reinhardt as Writers Contributor(s): Wilczynski, Marek (Other), Frelik, Edyta (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631667833 ISBN-13: 9783631667835 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $88.41 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 810.992 |
LCCN: 2015043696 |
Series: Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.10 lbs) 259 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book adds a new perspective to the study of American art by reclaiming underrated writings of three 20th-century masters, Thomas Hart Benton, Marsden Hartley and Ad Reinhardt. Their rich and diverse literary output was never before studied methodically in and beyond the context of their painting. The book's first part sets the necessary framework for discussing their texts by outlining the long history of debates about inter-art analogies and rivalries. Through systematic close reading of Benton's, Hartley's and Reinhardt's writings the study reveals novel and unique juxtapositions of visual and verbal elements at work which are present in both their paintings and writings and confirms the existence of a strong link between their painterly and writerly dispositions. |