Author: GROSSMAN, Wndy A. & Edouard SEBLINE [Eds]
Title: Man Ray - Human Equations [a journey from mathematics to shakespeare]
Description: Ostfildern / Jerusalem / Washington, Hatje Cantz / The Israel Museum / The Phillips Collection, 2015. 25.5 x 23.5 cm. 238 pp. Hardcover. With 315 illustrations in b/w and colour. - How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics, William Shakespeare, and art? The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray (1890-1976). This publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover, it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations (1947?1954) series of oil paintings, which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. - Fine copy

Keywords: 9783775739207


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