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Authority And Freedom A Defense Of The Arts by Perl Jed
Category: Art and Design
From one of our most widely admired art critics comes a bold and timely manifesto reaffirming the independence of all the arts--musical, literary, and visual--and their unique and unparalleled power to excite, disturb, and inspire us. As people look to the arts to promote a particular ideology, whet ...Show more
Calder : The Conquest of Time: the Early Years: 1898-1940 by Jed Perl
Category: Art and Design
The first biography of America's greatest twentieth-century sculptor. In this beautifully written, deeply researched book Jed Perl shows how Alexander Calder became an avant-garde artist with enduring appeal. One of our most beloved modern artists, Calder is celebrated above all as the inventor of the m ...Show more
Calder: the Conquest of Space - The Later Years: 1940-1976 by Jed Perl
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: A\Life of Calder Ser.
The concluding volume to the first biography of one of the most important, influential, and beloved twentieth-century sculptors, and one of the greatest artists in the cultural history of America--is a vividly written, illuminating account of his triumphant later years. The second and final volume of th ...Show more
Calder: the Conquest of Time - The Early Years: 1898-1940 by Jed Perl
Category: Books | Series: A\Life of Calder Ser.
The first biography of America's greatest twentieth-century sculptor, Alexander Calder: an authoritative and revelatory achievement, based on a wealth of letters and papers never before available, and written by one of our most renowned art critics. Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and wi ...Show more
NEW ART CITY - Manhattan at Mid-Century by PERL JED
Category: Architecture | Series: Vintage
In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artists-Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among them-who came to New York, mingled in its lofts and bars, and revolutionized American art. In a continuously arresting narrative, P ...Show more
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