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The Art of Richard P. Feynman: Images by a Curious Character Hardcover – July 1, 1995

by Michelle Feynman (Compiler), Albert Hibbs (Foreword)

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A collection of the artwork of Richard P. Feynman, scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965. Beginning with his earliest drawings of the human figure in 1962, the book displays Feynman's development of a personal artistic sensitivity to line, form and the moods of his subject; as well as his experimentation with various styles and media. The selected artwork was produced over a 25 year period until 1987, the year before his death.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Routledge; First Edition edition (July 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 2884490477
ISBN-13: 978-2884490474
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 10.5 x 11.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,151,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3449 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theater > History & Criticism
- #10224 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing
- #34109 in Books > Arts & Photography > Individual Artists

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What a find!

By absent_minded_prof on August 1, 2002

Format: Hardcover

This is a really terrific collection. In this book are many of the little-known sketches and paintings of the late, great physicist/folk hero Richard P. Feynman. I sought this book out after reading Ralph Leighton's Feynman biography "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" I'm glad I went to the trouble to do so.
The book commences with a foreword by Albert Hibbs, whom many Feynman fans will recognize as Feynman's friend and co-author of "Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals." Don't skip over this foreword. Hibbs has a lot of interesting things to say about how visual Feynman was in all his projects, including his style of doing physics.
After the foreword is a helpful preface by Feynman's daughter Michelle. (Michelle works as a photographer, and was the primary person in charge of selecting these artworks). She describes some interesting features of Feynman family life, such as the fact that many of the models for these paintings became lifelong Feynman family friends. She gives us a fun little window into the experience of "growing up Feynman."
This book also contains Feyman's wry, interesting essay "But is it Art?" from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!," as well as a selection of biographical sketches from four of Fenman's friends, including three artists and his biographer.
The actual sketches are really pretty good, in my humble opinion. There are about a hundred pages of black and white sketches, including charcoal, pencil, and ink wash drawings. Many are quite simple and direct. Others clearly took quite a bit of time.
Let me give you a friendly warning here, incidentally. Leafing through this section, you will go through page after page of sketches of young, beautiful women, in a variety of attractive poses.Read more ›

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Another side of Feynman

By wiredweird HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on December 12, 2004

Format: Hardcover

The amazing thing about great minds is just how many subjects they encompass. Feynman is known as a physicist and occasional drummer, but he was a fair amateur artist, too.

These drawings and paintings show how quickly he progressed, once he decided to learn drawing. I suppose it gave him yet another way to enjoy the female form, and yet another reason to habituate "gentlemen's clubs." He had other motivations, too, as shown by some very sensitive drawings of his friends and children.

This isn't great art. It is, however, very competent amateur work. Most of all, it's another view, from an unexpected angle, of one of the great minds of our time.

//wiredweird

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