Gorey's Worlds
Gorey was an inveterate collector--he called it "accumulating." A variety of objects shaped his artistic mindset, from works of popular culture to the more than twenty-six thousand books he owned and the art pieces in his vast collection. This collection, which Gorey left to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art upon his death, is diverse in style, subject, and media, and includes prints by Eugène Delacroix, Charles Meryon, Edvard Munch, and Odilon Redon; photographs by Eugène Atget; and drawings by Balthus, Pierre Bonnard, Charles Burchfield, Bill Traylor, and Édouard Vuillard. As this book shows, these artistic pieces present a visual riddle, as the connections between them - to each other and to Gorey's works - are significant and enigmatic. The essays in Gorey's Worlds also examine the artist's consuming passions for animals and ballet. Featuring a sumptuous selection of Gorey's creations alongside his fascinating and diverse collections, Gorey's Worlds reveals the private world that inspired one of the most idiosyncratic artists of the twentieth century.
| Autor: | Monroe, Erin |
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| EAN: | 9780691177045 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 160 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Princeton University Press |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 09.03.2018 |
| Schlagworte: | Gorey, Edward |
| Größe: | 16 × 217 × 244 |
| Gewicht: | 765 g |
