Paleoart. Visions of the Prehistoric Past
100Edizione: IngleseDisponibilità: dicembre 27, 2024Paleoart. Visions of the Prehistoric Past
100Dinosaurs Are Forever
A pictorial history of paleoart
In this unprecedented new book, writer Zoë Lescaze and artist Walton Ford present the astonishing history of paleoart from 1830 to 1990. These are not cave paintings produced thousands of years ago, but modern visions of prehistory: stunning paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, mosaics, and murals that mingle scientific fact with unbridled fantasy. The collection provides an in-depth look at this neglected niche of art history and shows how the artists charged with imagining extinct creatures often projected their own aesthetic whims onto prehistory, rendering the primordial past with dashes of Romanticism, Impressionism, Japonisme, Fauvism, and Art Nouveau, among other influences.
With an incisive essay from Lescaze, a preface by Ford, four fold-outs, and dozens of details, the book showcases a stunning collection of artworks culled from major natural history museums, obscure archives, and private collections, and includes new photography of key works, including Charles R. Knight’s seminal paintings in Chicago and little-known masterpieces such as A. M. Belashov’s monumental mosaic in Moscow. From the fearsome to the fantastical, Paleoart is a celebration of prehistoric animals in art, and a novel chance to understand our favorite extinct beasts through an art historical lens.
L'autore che ha contribuito
Walton Ford, born 1960, studied filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon realized he was a painter. For the last 25 years he has been creating large-scale narrative watercolors. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo shows at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
L'editore e l'autore
Zoë Lescaze is a writer and editor based in New York City, where she was born and raised. Her articles and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, T Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, among other publications. With collaborators, she has worked on exhibitions of paleoart and fossils at museums in Harlem, The Netherlands, and Zürich, Switzerland.
Paleoart. Visions of the Prehistoric Past
Hardcover with four fold-outs, 25 x 34 cm, 2.96 kg, 292 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-5511-1
Edizione: Inglese5