Foreshadowed: Malevich’s Black Square And Its Precursors Andrew Spira Reaktion Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

When Kasimir Malevich’s Black Square Was Produced In 1915 No-One Had Ever Seen Anything Like It Before And Yet Does Have Precedents Fact Over The Previous 500 Years Several Painters Writers Philosophers Scientists Censors – Each Working Independently Towards An Absolute Statement Of Their Own Alighted On Form Or Rectangle As If For First Time This Book Explores Resonances Between Its Precursors Showing How A ‘Genealogical’ Thread Binds Them Together Into Intriguing Sometimes Quirky Sequence Modulations Andrew Spira’s Predecessor Both ‘Foreshadows’ Work Paradoxically Throws Light Revealing Layers Meaning That Are Often Overlooked But Which Relevant Today Σελίδες: 208 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm