Ruins - Hardcover

Michel Makarius

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2080304690 ISBN 13: 9782080304698

Publisher: Flammarion, 2004

Synopsis

From the Renaissance to the present day, each generation of artists, architects, and writers has used the powerful images of ruins to project its own vision of time and human destiny. The metamorphosis of the ruin motif in art explains not only the separations but the continuities between the perception of past and present that characterize the different art movements. Drawing from all media of Western art including garden design, photography, and fine art, Makarius explores the rich and diverse iconography of ruins from da Vinci to Van Gogh, from Botticelli to Roy Lichtenstein.Ruins is a reminder of history at a time when few art motifs still have the power to demand attention for our immense collective past-and at a moment when a reminder is sorely needed.

About this title

Synopsis:

Vestiges of the past that bear witness to history, ruins have long been a source of inspiration to artists, architects, and writers. From the Renaissance to the present day, each generation of artists has projected onto the ruins of the world their own visions of time, of nature, and of human destiny. Drawing from all media of Western art (painting, literature, architecture, garden design, photography, engravings), Ruins explores the symbolic, philosophical, and cultural significance of these mythic structures. From Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent Van Gogh, and from Sandro Botticelli to Roy Lichtenstein, this book explores the theme of ruins through a rich and diverse artistic iconography. Influential contemporary artists are also considered, from Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Ground Zero Memorial Site and the Jewish Museum in Berlin, to Gordon Matta-Clark, Hans Haacke, and George Rousse.

About the Author:

Michel Makarius teaches philosophy and art history at the Sorbonne in Paris. He has written numerous articles on aesthetics and art criticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 2080304690
• ISBN 13: 9782080304698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256