Susan L Talbott (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / Yale University Press softcover, 2015, 1st printing (Red /Black front cover), unused and carefully stored, No marks, slight surface wear only; Fine (like New). We will bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 168 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm. Summary:"An account of a cairn built on the crest of a small hill at the entrance to the village in Scotland where Andy Goldsworthy lives reveals the importance of his work close to home, which is the inspiration for so much that he then creates elsewhere." "A series of works involving elm trees made near Goldsworthy's home exemplifies his work's beauty as well as its association with death and decay, here made more poignant by the knowledge that so few elms survive since disease wiped out hundreds of thousands of trees." "Passage also includes Goldsworthy's most recent commission, Garden of Stones, a Holocaust memorial at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. Here eighteen oak trees were planted through small holes, in hollowed-out, earth-filled boulders. Growing in an almost impossible circumstances, the trees carry powerful symbolic meaning." "Documenting these and other recent works, Passage is a testament to Goldsworthy's determination to both deepen and extent his understanding of the world around him and his and his relationship with it through his art."--Jacket. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. In 1883 the painter Claude Monet first rented a house in the French town of Giverny. After purchasing the property and adjoining land, the artist transformed an existing small pond into a water garden with water lilies and a Japanese-style bridge from which he could observe the flowers. From 1899 to 1926, Monet painted more than 250 scenes devoted to the water lily theme, which became what he himself called "an obsession." This book explores the artist's devotion to this theme.The book features two essays and forty illustrations. In one essay, Eric Zafran details the development and expansion of Monet's garden, possible inspirations for its Japonesque style, and the observations of notable writers and photographers pertaining to this late passion of Monet. James Rubin, in his essay, discusses the setting of Monet's garden within the town of Giverny, the evolution of Monet's painting technique, specifically relating to the water lily paintings, and the place of this theme in the overall context of Monet's life and career.…