Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 Scholars from a variety of fields contribute original essays about diverse aspects of the College—spanning everything from its farm program to the influence of Bauhaus pr.A dynamic new look
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| Title | : | Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 |
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300211910 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-13 |
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A dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury America In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making artistic experience central to learning. Though it operated for only 24 years, this pioneering school played a significant role in fostering avant-garde art, music, dance, and poetry, and an astonishing number of important artists taught or studied there. Among the instructors were Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Karen Karnes, M. C. Richards, and Willem de Kooning, and students included Ruth Asawa, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly. Leap Before You Look is a singular exploration of this legendary school and of the work of the artists who spent time there. Scholars from a variety of fields contribute original essays about diverse aspects of the College—spanning everything from its farm program to the influence of Bauhaus pr
Editorial : "I cannot praise the show’s beautiful and accessible catalog highly enough. It will have a long life, and will ensure that “Leap Before You Look” will be looked back on for years to come as the landmark event that it is."—Sebastian Smee, The Boston Globe
Wonderful scholarship, a beautiful book, little seen works reproduced, accompanying one of the best shows of the year.. A stupendously well researched and produced catalogue. Great exhibit.
The catalog is excellent, well written, well designed and well researched. Essential for anyone interested in mid-20th art in America and a legendary school.. It will cost a lot more when it is out of print.. Inserts women rightfully back into the history of BMC alongside their male peers whose history has been fleshed out more in other publications. This catalog provides an interesting model for cross-disciplinary historical survey publications to come. Buy it if you did not see the show or even if you did, as this exhibit is more about an important moment in 20th century art history and is not about an exhibit of major work, which for most of these artists was yet to come
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