A Century of Israeli Art Tapa dura - 2013

Lund Humphries, 2013-06-12. Hardcover. Like New. Gorgeous book. Ea

Lund Humphries, 2013. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover is shelf worn, otherwise book is in excellent condition with no visible flaws. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Farnham: Lund Humphries, 2013. English Edition. Hardcover. VG. Illustrated boards, no dj. xiii, 498 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). A Century of Israeli Art presents the story of modern Israel's visual culture, beginning with the pre-state years of Zionist art in the early 20th century and extending to the present day, as a new generation of Israeli artists rises to international prominence in the 21st century. Framing artistic developments in the context of successive periods, author Yigal Zalmona describes the many ways in which Israel's art has been influenced by its social and political history. This look at the wider picture goes hand-in-hand with detailed, enlightening analyses of seminal artworks from every period. Zalmona surveys the early days of the Bezalel School, founded in 1906 in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement; Land-of-Israel art during an era of nation-building; the pre-eminence of international modernism and Lyrical Abstraction after 1948; social-activist and… Leer más