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* Read ! Hopper by Mark Strand ò eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hopper The Best Hopper Book I've read ever! Amazon Customer I've never got in more touch with this artist until I read Strand's strong, informative and interesting writing on him. Hopper truly shines in this book as many of his pieces are analyzed with great detail and care. You might even end up liking Hopper's work more than Hopper himself . A Poets Ruminations drkhimxz This is not a book for anyone seeking information on life and/or the works of the great Americn painter, Edward Hopper. Pictures are
| Title | : | Hopper |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.25 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307701247 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
"Mark Strand looks more deeply into Hopper's pictures than anyone else has before."--Adam Gopnik"Strand takes the poet's entrance into the silent world of Hopper with a gift of words that allows painter and poet to become partners in opening the windows of the imagination."--Wayne Theibaud"Strand's perceptions are intuitive and visceral. I recommend this strange and wonderful book to anyone interested in Hopper's work."--Justin Spring, ArtforumFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Strand deftly illuminates the work of the frequently misunderstood American painter, whose enigmatic paintings—of gas stations, storefronts, cafeterias, and hotel rooms—number among the most powerful of our time. In brief but wonderfully compelling comments accompanying each painting, the elegant expressiveness of Strand’s language is put to the service of Hopper’s visual world. Now in rich color, thirty of American painter Edward Hopper’s masterpieces with critiques from acclaimed poet Mark Strand. The result is a singularly illuminating presentation of the work of one of America’s best-known artists. Strand shows us how the formal elements of the paintings—geometrical shapes pointing beyond the canvas, light from unseen sources—locate the viewer, as he says, “in a virtual space where the influence and availability of feeling predominate.” An unforgettable combination of prose and painting in their highest forms, this book is a must for poetry and art lovers alike.
Mark Strand was the author of many books of poems, book of stories, and three volumes of translations. He received many honors and awards for his poems, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize (for Blizzard of One), the Bollingen Prize, and the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was also the
The Best Hopper Book I've read ever! Amazon Customer I've never got in more touch with this artist until I read Strand's strong, informative and interesting writing on him. Hopper truly shines in this book as many of his pieces are analyzed with great detail and care. You might even end up liking Hopper's work more than Hopper himself . A Poets Ruminations drkhimxz This is not a book for anyone seeking information on life and/or the works of the great Americn painter, Edward Hopper. Pictures are all in black and white, while few facts about his life ae given.This is a book solely for the person sufficiently familiar with the artists work to app. Black and white? Black and white pictures? What sort of art book is that?
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