Wahrman Dror (Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Indiana University)
Wahrman Dror (Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Indiana University) - Mr. Collier's Letter Racks A Tale Of Art And Illusion At The Threshold Of The Modern Information Age - Hardcover
Wahrman Dror (Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Indiana University) - Mr. Collier's Letter Racks A Tale Of Art And Illusion At The Threshold Of The Modern Information Age - Hardcover
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Description: For 300 years a unique and complex artistic puzzle has been hidden the solution of which reveals an extraordinary critique of what can be described as the first modern media revolution. The mind behind this puzzle was a Dutch/ British still - life painter named Edward Collier. Working around 1700, Collier has been neglected even forgotten precisely because his secret messages have never been noticed let alone understood. Until now. In this book Dror Wahrman recovers the tale of an extraordinary illusionist artist who engaged in a wholly original way with a major transformation of his generation: an unprecedented explosion in cheap print - newspapers pamphlets informational publications artistic prints - that was produced for immediate release and far - flung circulation faster and in larger quantities that ever before. Edward Collier developed a secret language within his still - life paintings - replete with minutely coded messages witty games intricate allusions and private jokes - in order to draw attention to the potential and the pitfalls of this new information age uncannily prefiguring the modern perspectives of the media - savvy 21st century. This heretofore obscure artist embedded in his paintings an ingenious commentary on the media revolution of his period on the birth of modern politics and on art itself.
Title: Mr. Collier's Letter Racks A Tale Of Art And Illusion At The Threshold Of The Modern Information Age
Author(s): Wahrman Dror (Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Indiana University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199738861
Pages: 288 Pages, 100 Color
Publication Date: 9/26/2012
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs
Description: For 300 years a unique and complex artistic puzzle has been hidden the solution of which reveals an extraordinary critique of what can be described as the first modern media revolution. The mind behind this puzzle was a Dutch/ British still - life painter named Edward Collier. Working around 1700, Collier has been neglected even forgotten precisely because his secret messages have never been noticed let alone understood. Until now. In this book Dror Wahrman recovers the tale of an extraordinary illusionist artist who engaged in a wholly original way with a major transformation of his generation: an unprecedented explosion in cheap print - newspapers pamphlets informational publications artistic prints - that was produced for immediate release and far - flung circulation faster and in larger quantities that ever before. Edward Collier developed a secret language within his still - life paintings - replete with minutely coded messages witty games intricate allusions and private jokes - in order to draw attention to the potential and the pitfalls of this new information age uncannily prefiguring the modern perspectives of the media - savvy 21st century. This heretofore obscure artist embedded in his paintings an ingenious commentary on the media revolution of his period on the birth of modern politics and on art itself.
Title: Mr. Collier's Letter Racks A Tale Of Art And Illusion At The Threshold Of The Modern Information Age
Author(s): Wahrman Dror (Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Ruth N. Halls Professor Of History Indiana University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199738861
Pages: 288 Pages, 100 Color
Publication Date: 9/26/2012
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs
