Umfang:
288 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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30 cm
ISBN:
9783791379647
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9783791390918
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9783791379654
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9783791390925
Inhalt:
"For as long as humans have been making art, they have turned to the sun as the source of light, warmth and life itself. It appears as a symbol of limitless power, as the personification of gods and of Christ, and as a harbinger of change. Artists have also used the sun as a means of exploring light and color and as an entrée into discussions about climate. The first of its kind, this book investigates visual representations of the sun from antiquity to the present day. It is divided into seven roughly chronological sections that look at both epoch-spanning and period specific examples, including symbolic, allegorical representations, the iconography of mythological subjects, and mimetic qualities such as typology, phenomenology, and emotional effect. It includes more than two hundred stunning reproductions of well- and lesser-known works of art. Incisive and enlightening texts explore how solar symbolism figured in pre-Christian objects; through 17th-century depictions of the "Sun King" Louis XIV; how artists such as Rubens and Monet employed the sun in their narrative paintings; how the Impressionists first investigated the sun's effects on a landscape; how Neo-Impressionists such as Seurat experimented with color, based on the Newtonian analysis of the solar spectrum; and how 20th-century artists incorporated a broad array of abstract, surrealistic, and transformative modes of solar representation into a variety of media. Exhibition: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany (25.02. - 11.06.2023)."--
Anmerkung:
Impressum: "Diese Publikation erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung 'Sonne. Die Quelle des Lichts in der Kunst' Museum Barberini, Potsdam, 25. Februar bis 11. Juni 2023. Unter dem Titel 'Face au soleil. Un astre dans les arts' fand die Ausstellung vom 14. September 2022 bis 29. Januar 2023 im Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, statt"
Weitere Ausg.:
Parallele Sprachausgabe The sun
Weitere Ausg.:
Parallele Sprachausgabe Face au soleil
Sprache:
Deutsch
Schlagwort(e):
Kunst
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Sonne
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Licht
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Geschichte
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog, Museum Barberini, 25.02.2023-11.06.2023, Potsdam
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