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Francis Picabia: Litterature

By: Francis Picabia

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Limited to 500 copies, Litterature pairs excerpts from Francis Picabia's (1879-1953) novel Caravanserail with nine drawings and seventeen studies he created for the cover of André Breton's Litterature journal between 1922 and 1924. This beautifully produced linen-bound book--whose front cover features circular die-cuts derived from one of Picabia's dice drawings--offers a celebration of subversive play and fluid forms.

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1942884249

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9781942884248

I Am a Beautiful Monster

Poetry, Prose, and Provocation

By: Francis Picabia

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I Am a Beautiful Monster

Poetry, Prose, and Provocation

By: Francis Picabia

The first definitive edition in English of writings by poet, painter, pickpocket-plagiarist, and consummate anti-artist Francis Picabia, one of Dada's leading figures. Poet, painter, self-described funny guy, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-artist par excellence, Francis Picabia was a defining figure in the Dada movement; indeed, André Breton called Picabia one of the only “true” Dadas. Yet very little of Picabia's poetry and prose has been translated into English, and his literary experiments have never been the subject of close critical study. I Am a Beautiful Monster is the first definitive edition in English of Picabia's writings, gathering a sizable array of Picabia's poetry and prose and, most importantly, providing a critical context for it with an extensive introduction and detailed notes by the translator. Picabia's poetry and prose is belligerent, abstract, polemical, radical, and sometimes simply baffling. For too long, Picabia's writings have been presented as raw events, rule-breaking manifestations of inspirational carpe diem. This book reveals them to be something entirely different: maddening in their resistance to meaning, full of outrageous posturing, and hiding a frail, confused, and fitful personality behind egoistic bravura. I Am a Beautiful Monster provides the texts of of Picabia's significant publications, all presented complete, many of them accompanied by their original illustrations.

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487

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MIT Press

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0262517485

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9780262517485

Conversion to Modernism

The Early Work of Man Ray

By: Francis M. Naumann,Man Ray

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Conversion to Modernism

The Early Work of Man Ray

By: Francis M. Naumann,Man Ray

Man Ray (1890-1976) has long been considered one of the most versatile and innovative artists of the twentieth century. As a painter, writer, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker, he is best known for his intimate association with the French Surrealist group in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s, particularly for his highly inventive and unconventional photographic images. These remarkable accomplishments, however, have tended to overshadow the importance of his earlier work--significant not only for comprehending Man Ray's future artistic development, but also for fleshing out our understanding of the visual arts in America during one of the most important and crucial phases of the evolution of modernism. The book, and the exhibition for which this work will serve as the catalog, concentrate on Man Ray's production from 1907 to 1917. Conversion to Modernism will be the first comprehensive, fully illustrated work to examine this artist's seminal years. The show and the catalog begin with Man Ray's high school years in Brooklyn, his studies at the Art Students League and the American Academy in New York, and the time he spent in life drawing classes at the more progressive Ferrer Center From 1913 to 1915, Man Ray lived in a small artists' colony in Grantwood, New Jersey. It was here, studying with Samuel Halpert (a former student of Matisse), that Man Ray began to become the artist we know today. The last section of the show and of the book include recently discovered photographs and other works that are influenced by a knowledge of the emergent Dada movement. Here is Man Ray in recognizable form just before he leaves the country for France in 1921. This exhibit will first be on display at the Montclair Art Museum from January 26 through March 2003. It will then travel to museums in Athens, Georgia, Philadelphia, and Chicago.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813531489

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9780813531489

Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism

Art Between the Wars

By: Fer,Francis Haskell,Briony Fer,David Batchelor,Paul Wood

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Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism

Art Between the Wars

By: Fer,Francis Haskell,Briony Fer,David Batchelor,Paul Wood

This book begins by considering responses by French artists to the First World War, showing how Purism, Dada, and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The authors then discuss the language of construction in places as dissimilar as France, Germany, and the Soviet Union; the contrasting demands of the utility and decoration of objects and paintings; and the relationship of surrealism to questions of sexuality and gender and to Freudian theory. The book concludes by addressing the widespread debate over realism in art: whether it represents an alternative to the elitism of the avant-garde or whether avant-garde art should play a role in the development of a modern realism.

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Yale University Press

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0300055196

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9780300055191

For and Against

Views on the Infamous 1913 Armory Show

By: Kenyon Cox,Arthur B. Davies,Walter Pach,Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.,Francis Picabia,Theodore Roosevelt

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For and Against

Views on the Infamous 1913 Armory Show

By: Kenyon Cox,Arthur B. Davies,Walter Pach,Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.,Francis Picabia,Theodore Roosevelt

On February 17, 1913, the American Association of Painters and Sculptors opened the Armory Show in New York. The ad-hoc association had started out with the modest goal of showing some of the "new" art coming out of Europe--Duchamp, Matisse, Picasso and many more of todayâ€™s acknowledged masters. What they ultimately created was a sprawling showcase of some of the most ground-breaking (many said subversive) art America had ever seen. "For and Against" is the frank and engaging account of this historic show's original reception, capturing the full range of impassioned opinion both for and against the new art. First published, remarkably, by the show's organizers and sold at its Chicago venue, "For and Against" has long been out of print, but this new, expanded edition brings the Armory story to life once again.

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Hol Art Books

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0982325711

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9780982325711

The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux

Kinematics of Machines from the Renaissance to the 20th Century

By: Francis C. Moon

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The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux

Kinematics of Machines from the Renaissance to the 20th Century

By: Francis C. Moon

This fascinating book will be of as much interest to engineers as to art historians, examining as it does the evolution of machine design methodology from the Renaissance to the Age of Machines in the 19th century. It provides detailed analysis, comparing design concepts of engineers of the 15th century Renaissance and the 19th century age of machines from a workshop tradition to the rational scientific discipline used today.

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445

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402055986

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9781402055980

Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction

The Early Twentieth Century

By: Charles Harrison,Francis Frascina,Professor Francis Frascina,Gillian Perry

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Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction

The Early Twentieth Century

By: Charles Harrison,Francis Frascina,Professor Francis Frascina,Gillian Perry

On art in the early 20th century

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280

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Yale University Press

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0300055161

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9780300055160

Systems of Art

Art, History and Systems Theory

By: Francis Halsall

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Systems of Art

Art, History and Systems Theory

By: Francis Halsall

Systems theory emerged in the mid-20th century along with related theories such as Cybernetics and Information Theory. Recently it has included Complexity Theory, Chaos Theory and Social Systems Theory. Systems theory understands phenomena in terms of the systems of which they are part. This book is about a systems theoretical approach to thinking about art. It examines what it means to look to systems theory both for its implications for artistic practice and as a theory of art. This publication provides a sustained discussion on the application of systems theory to an account of art.

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Peter Lang

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303911073X

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9783039110735

Book's by Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia: Litterature

Francis Picabia: Litterature

I Am a Beautiful Monster

I Am a Beautiful Monster

Conversion to Modernism

Conversion to Modernism

Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism

Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism

For and Against

For and Against

The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux

The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux

Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction

Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction

Systems of Art

Systems of Art

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