Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art

Название: Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art Издатель: University of California Press; First Edition edition Автор: Paul J. Karlstrom(Author), Ann Karlstrom(Contributor) Год: January 2, 2012 Страниц: 321(по описанию книжки) Формат: Epub Язык: English ISBN: 978-0520269354 Размер: 902 Kb Качество: обычное Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art This absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz’s own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler’s Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. mirknig.com Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz’s extraordinary career—from Chicago’s Institute of Design(New Bauhaus), to New York’s Museum of Modern Art during the transformative 1960s, and as founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. Karlstrom sheds light on the controversial viewpoints that at times isolated Selz from his colleagues but nonetheless affirmed his conviction that significant art was always an expression of deep human experience. mirknig.com The book also links Selz’s long life story—featuring close relationships with such major art figures as Mark Rothko, Dore Ashton, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, and Christo—with his personal commitment to political engagement. Скачать /Download Яндекс Скачать /Download Turbobit.net