Edward Hopper : light and dark /
In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold color...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Parkstone International,
[2012]
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| Summary: | In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold colors and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper's paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions (etchings, watercolors and oil-on-canvas paintings), as well as thematic and artistic analysis, the author sheds new light on the enigmatic and tortured world of this outstanding figure. |
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| Physical Description: | 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781906981624 (hardback) 1906981620 (hardback) |