Man Ray: Photographs, Paintings, Objects (Schirmer's Visual Library) [Paperback]

Schirmer's Visual Library (Author), Janus (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Schirmer's Visual Library | Publication Date: May 17, 1997

During the first half of this century, Man Ray (1890-1976) again and again set the international Dada and Surrealist movements afire with his photographs, paintings, and objects.

A friend of Marcel Duchamp and many other artists, Man Ray portrayed the creative elite of his time--Salvador Dali, Picasso, Luis Bunuel, and James Joyce, among them. He founded modern object art and raised photography to the level at which it was recognized as being an artistic genre in its own right. In addition, he was an acute observer of his times and probably the most influential source of inspiration for the avant-garde movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his works the most significant of which are presented in this book became artistic milestones of an entire epoch. The introductory essay is by the Italian art scholar and critic, Janus. 47 full-color photographs and duotones

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st. edition (May 17, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393316246
• ISBN-13: 978-0393316247
• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,531,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars FASCINATING AND MYSTERIOUS, August 8, 2008

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This review is from: Man Ray: Photographs, Paintings, Objects (Schirmer's Visual Library) (Paperback)

THE premier artist from the 1920's till his death. His art was not limited to photography, it included, painting and objects. His black and white photographs didn't appeal to middle America, they were to raw, edgy and darkly fascinating. Maybe I'm biased due to my love of black and white photography which is "not quite sane" or boarders on the visceral. Frida Kahlo was another artist whose work can bring out those same feelings. Forget Ansel Adams, open your mind and look at a true artist.