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Late Self-Portraits

Mary Morris
Late Self Portraits Book PDF

Author : Mary Morris
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781628954555

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A compelling collection of poems, Late Self-Portraits conveys an intimate description of lives through a collage of portraits and affliction. Weaving history and the sacred, both intimate and worldly, one encounters a blind Jorge Luis Borges with his mother, a glass confessional in the of Notre Dame Cathedral, Frida Kahlo in Mexico, ghosts, a neurosurgeon’s prognosis, and Marie Laveau in New Orleans. Whether in a field with Joan of Arc, encountering the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, or having dinner with Hades, these are haunting poems of loss and unearthing, equally bold, personal, and tender. From “Dinner with Hades”: He shows me a birthday cake, candled. My name is written in pomegranate seeds. It’s like vertigo. Just before he seeks to devour, he halts to birdsong— sound of goldfinch, bluebird, hawk, lilting of sparrows. Of whippoorwill and dove. Wings flap, so many wings, a cool breeze as leaves unfurl into a once forgotten green and I am back on earth, held in my mother’s arms.

Late Self Portraits

J. Quinn Brisben
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Author : J. Quinn Brisben
Publisher : Becky Davis Design
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9780615237121

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"Many of these poems deal with pain, the breakdown of bodies and approaching death. This is not surprising. The atrial valve of my heart continues to malfunction, reducing the inefficiency of that vital organ and thus greatly lessening my available energy. Although some of my physical pains have been dealt with satisfactorily, others have emerged or become worse. For a long time in recent months, I thought I was close to death. ... A lot of these poems are witty, for wit has always been a good defense against despair for me and many of them are comments on the work of artists in various media, for concentrating my mind on masterpieces means concentrating my mind above and beyond pain."--Description from the Author's introduction.

Rembrandt's Self-Portraits

H. Perry Chapman,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
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Author : H. Perry Chapman,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691002967

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Rembrandt's Self-Portraits by H. Perry Chapman,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn Pdf

H. Perry Chapman has produced the first comprehensive treatment of the entire body of Rembrandt's self-portraits in their cultural and historical setting and in the context of the artist's life. Prevailing scholarship has tried to discredit the idea that the self-portraits stemmed from any particular inner need, but Chapman counters by presenting fascinating evidence that they represent a conscious and progressive quest for individual identity in a truly modern sense. "H. Perry Chapman, in my view, gives us the Rembrandt we need in the 1990s. . . . [Her] sensitivity to questions of style and expression, combined with original research, leads to a conclusion . . . that `Rembrandt's lifelong preoccupation with self-portraiture can be seen as a necessary process of identity formation or self-definition'--in short, autobiography."--Walter Liedtke, The Journal of Art "Chapman is a graceful writer. Her arguments are balanced, well documented, and vigorously pursued. . . . The publication of this book is cause for gratitude and joy."--Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor

The Beauty

Jane Hirshfield
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Author : Jane Hirshfield
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780385351089

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The Beauty, an incandescent new collection from one of American poetry’s most distinctive and essential voices, opens with a series of dappled, ranging “My” poems—“My Skeleton,” “My Corkboard,” “My Species,” “My Weather”—using materials sometimes familiar, sometimes unexpected, to explore the magnitude, singularity, and permeability of our shared existence. With a pen faithful to the actual yet dipped at times in the ink of the surreal, Hirshfield considers the inner and outer worlds we live in yet are not confined by; reflecting on advice given her long ago—to avoid the word “or”—she concludes, “Now I too am sixty. / There was no other life.” Hirshfield’s lines cut, as always, directly to the heart of human experience. Her robust affirmation of choice even amid inevitability, her tender consciousness of the unjudging beauty of what exists, her abiding contemplation of our moral, societal, and biological intertwinings, sustain poems that tune and retune the keys of a life. For this poet, “Zero Plus Anything Is a World.” Hirshfield’s riddling recipes for that world (“add salt to hunger”; “add time to trees”) offer a profoundly altered understanding of our lives’ losses and additions, and of the small and larger beauties we so often miss.

Seeing Ourselves

Frances Borzello
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Author : Frances Borzello
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500239469

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The first chronicle of the whole story of female self portraiture through the centuries—a key work in the study of women’s art For centuries, women’s self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly diverse range of artists and portraits, spanning centuries, the critical analysis they deserve. In sixteenth-century Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola paints one of the longest series of self-portraits, from adolescence to old age. In seventeenth-century Holland, Judith Leyster shows herself at the easel as a relaxed, self-assured professional. In the eighteenth century, from Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman, artists express both passion for their craft and the idea of femininity; and the nineteenth century sees the art schools open their doors to women and a new and resonant self-confidence for a host of talented female artists, such as Berthe Morisot. The modern period demolishes taboos: Alice Neel painting herself nude at eighty years old, Frida Kahlo rendering physical pain on the canvas, Cindy Sherman exploring identity, and Marlene Dumas dispensing with all boundaries. Frances Borzello’s spirited text, now fully revised, and the intensity of the accompanying self-portraits are set off to full advantage in this new edition, now in reading-book format.

A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits

Laura Cumming
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Author : Laura Cumming
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007391943

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Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history.

Sun in Days: Poems

Meghan O'Rourke
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Author : Meghan O'Rourke
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780393608762

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Named a Best Poetry Book of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review, Sun in Days is “O’Rourke’s most ravishing and brilliant collection yet” (Cathy Park Hong). From acclaimed poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke comes a powerful collection about the frailty of the body, the longing for a child, and the philosophical questions raised when the body goes dramatically awry. These formally ambitious poems and lyric essays give voice to the experience of illness, the permanence of loss, and invigorating moments of grace. A Paterson Poetry Prize finalist, Sun in Days is unsentimental yet deeply felt, characterized by O’Rourke’s signature lyric precision and force of observation.

Emily Carr

Lisa Baldissera
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Author : Lisa Baldissera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1487102321

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Emily Carr (1871--1945) is one of Canada's most beloved artists. An independent woman and a Westerner who gained prominence at a time when female painters were not recognized internationally, her life and work reflect a profound commitment to the land she knew and loved. Carr's sensitive evocations reveal an artist grappling with spiritual questions inspired by the Canadian sea, land, and people. Although more than half a century has passed since her death, any artist who engages with the West Coast must contend with her legacy. Her paintings continue to inspire generations of artists. Along with the Group of Seven, Carr became a leading figure in Canadian modern art in the early twentieth century. Emily Carr: Life & Work traces the artist's trajectory from her life in Victoria, where she struggled to receive acceptance, to her status as one of Canada's most influential painters. With insight and intelligence, author Lisa Baldissera explores how although during Carr's life she endured hardship, personal isolation, and rejection, she persevered to create an iconic vision for the nation. This book explores how Carr travelled extensively, learning from European, American, and Indigenous forms and receiving formal training at art academies as well as from private tutors. In doing so, she continued to grow in artistic power as a result of her own intense observation and of her vigorous experimentation with a variety of methods and media, reflecting the fusion of wide-ranging influences. Baldissera reveals why Carr's art remains relevant today and its legacy interests many contemporary West Coast artists.

Pissarro's People

Richard R. Brettell
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Author : Richard R. Brettell
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Human beings in art
ISBN : 3791351184

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KEYNOTE: This definitive portrait of Camille Pissarro by one of the world's foremost authorities on Impressionism and French painting reveals the deep connection between Pissarro's humanitarian concerns and his creative output. Throughout his career, the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro produced a vast oeuvre of paintings, drawings, and prints inspired by his fascination with and commitment to politics. Many of these works reflect the tensions between his anarchist ideals and the realities of life in a capitalist society; however, most examinations of Pissarro have approached his art and politics as separate spheres. Published to accompany a major exhibition, this survey by a renowned expert on Impressionist painting offers a selection of canvases and works on paper that embody Pissarro's pictorial humanism at the highest level. Exhaustive archival study, interviews with surviving family members, and research drawn from thousands of newly discovered letters inform this rich and authoritative book. Including individual portraits of each of the family members Pissarro so often inserted into his paintings, it also examines his relationships with fellow artists, writers, neighbors, merchants, and domestic servants. The result is a refreshing and landmark reconsideration of the artist's magnificent body of work. AUTHOR: Richard R. Brettell has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Yale University, and Harvard University, and is presently Margaret M. McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of numerous books on painting and Impressionism. ILLUSTRATIONS 275 colour illustrations

Irrational Marks

Francis Bacon,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
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Author : Francis Bacon,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0957028709

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Irrational Marks: Bacon and Rembrandt is Ordovas' inaugural exhibition and the first to be devoted to exploring the connections and influences of Rembrandt's late self-portraits on Francis Bacon's own self-portraits. Bacon considered Rembrandt's self-portraits the artist's greatest works. He spoke in depth about Rembrandt's Self-Portrait with Beret in the Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence, which he often visited, yet his creative dialogue with Rembrandt's art has been, until now, largely overlooked."

Self-Portrait with Boy

Rachel Lyon
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Author : Rachel Lyon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501169601

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Soon to be made into a major motion picture—Self Portrait—starring Zoë Kravitz and Thomasin McKenzie Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, a "rich and thorny page turner" (Los Angeles Times) literary psychological horror about an ambitious young artist whose accidental photograph of a tragedy could jumpstart her career, but devastate her most intimate friendship. Lu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs, responsible for her aging father, and worrying that her crumbling loft apartment is being sold to developers, she is at a point of desperation. One day, in the background of a self-portrait, Lu accidentally captures an image of a boy falling to his death. The photograph turns out to be startlingly gorgeous, the best work of art she’s ever made. It’s an image that could change her life…if she lets it. But the decision to show the photograph is not easy. The boy is her neighbors’ son, and the tragedy brings all the building’s residents together. It especially unites Lu with the boy’s beautiful grieving mother, Kate. As the two forge an intense bond based on sympathy, loneliness, and budding attraction, Lu feels increasingly unsettled and guilty, torn between equally fierce desires: to advance her career, and to protect a woman she has come to love. Set in early 90s Brooklyn on the brink of gentrification, Self-Portrait with Boy is a “sparkling debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the emotional dues that must be paid on the road to success and a powerful exploration of the complex terrain of female friendship. “The conflict is rich and thorny, raising questions about art and morality, love and betrayal, sacrifice and opportunism, and the chance moments that can define a life…It wrestles with the nature of art, but moves with the speed of a page-turner” (Los Angeles Times).

Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits

Arthur K. Wheelock,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,Peter C. Sutton,Volker Manuth,Anne T. Woollett
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Author : Arthur K. Wheelock,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,Peter C. Sutton,Volker Manuth,Anne T. Woollett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226894436

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Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits by Arthur K. Wheelock,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,Peter C. Sutton,Volker Manuth,Anne T. Woollett Pdf

One of the most fascinating aspects of Rembrandt's extraordinary artistic career is his suite of brooding half-length portraits of religious figures from the late 1650s and early 1660s. Painted during a difficult time in the artist's life—when he no longer enjoyed a ready market for his works and may have turned to his deep religious convictions for solace—these images are among the most evocative Rembrandt created. For years scholars have debated whether these paintings were intended as a series, yet until now these works have, unbelievably, never been shown together. An exhibition by the National Gallery of Art and this accompanying catalog assemble seventeen of the paintings for the first time, finally giving the powerful images their due. Many of these subtle and wondrous paintings have been identified as images of apostles and evangelists, but among them are also representations of Christ, the Virgin, and still-unidentified saints and monks. In Rembrandt's typical fashion, the men and women in these portraits peer out of the dark recesses of dimly lit interiors as though burdened by the weight of their spiritual and emotional concerns. Yet recent archival research has raised questions about their attribution, the relationships among the paintings, and, in a broader sense, Rembrandt's life and career—issues addressed by the contributors to this volume. With its lavish color images and state-of-the-field research, Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits will make a profound contribution to the understanding of this unique and provocative body of work.

Self-Portrait

Celia Paul
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Author : Celia Paul
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681374833

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A rich, penetrating memoir about the author's relationship with a flawed but influential figure—the painter Lucian Freud—and the satisfactions and struggles of a life lived through art. One of Britain's most important contemporary painters, Celia Paul has written a reflective, intimate memoir of her life as an artist. Self-Portrait tells the artist's story in her own words, drawn from early journal entries as well as memory, of her childhood in India and her days as a art student at London's Slade School of Fine Art; of her intense decades-long relationship with the older esteemed painter Lucian Freud and the birth of their son; of the challenges of motherhood, the unresolvable conflict between caring for a child and remaining commited to art; of the "invisible skeins between people," the profound familial connections Paul communicates through her paintings of her mother and sisters; and finally, of the mystical presence in her own solitary vision of the world around her. Self-Portrait is a powerful, liberating evocation of a life and of a life-long dedication to art.

Enter Water, Swimmer

Mary Morris
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Author : Mary Morris
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781680031553

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These poems travel physically and emotionally, addressing the human condition through evocative language. “Enter Water, Swimmer” and you will be steeped in various manifestations of this world and beyond, daring to take on diverse realms of women, belief, culture, and ethics. Day One You slipped through me, not by me. How could I have known I would fall through these waters into the country of us?

Rembrandt

Pascal Bonafoux
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Author : Pascal Bonafoux
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Netherlands
ISBN : 0500300224

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Apprenticeship and ambition - Rejoicing and mourning - Lonliness and banckruptcy - Retirement and death - Documents.