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Published by Assouline May 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 2843234239ISBN 13: 9782843234231
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Geisha.at the slightest evocation of this little Japanese word there appears instantly before the eyes of Westerners a succession of images swaying gently between languorous voluptuousness and erotic fantasy. And yet, far from being a simple 'creature' destined to satisfy carnal pleasures, the 'geisha' sums up the quintessence of Japanese refinement. A source of inspiration for print artists who took the curve of a shoulder, the roundness of a breast and the delicacy of a neck to satiation, she embodies, above all, the ideal 'Woman.' This intelligent and cultured courtesan is simultaneously musician, poet and dancer. Westerners prefer to celebrate in her the myth of the girl-woman, midway between spouse and doll. An art historian by training Open copy in very good condition, scuffing on dust jacket, clean interiors.
Published by Assouline May 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 2843234182ISBN 13: 9782843234187
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dada. This onomatopoeia suggesting a child's babbling started one of the most important mutations in the history of art. But what is Dada? Born of the First World War, Dada is a movement bringing together both artists and writers. From Zurich in 1916, it spread rapidly to New York, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne and finally to Paris, where it died in 1924. Because of the diversity of its creations, the Dada movement is not an 'ism' of the art world: there is no Dada 'style, ' although a single spirit does govern the works of this movement, which is at once anti-conformist, anti-bourgeois and above all, anti-artistic. That's the spirit the author would like to explain through the texts, works of art and a few of the movement's protagonists: Arp, Duchamp, Ernst, Man Ray, Picabia, Schwitters and Tzara.