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American Cool

Door Joel Dinerstein e.a.

Categorie
Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer
#347182-KK35
Titel
American Cool
Auteur
Dinerstein, Joel & Frank H. Goodyear III
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Munich/London/New York, NY : National Portrait Gallery/Prestel
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
3791353497
ISBN13
9783791353494
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original silver lettered cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
The term cool has become such a part of America's modern lexicon that it seems to have lost it's meaning. This stellar collection of photographs from the National Portrait Gallery and from prominent artists, museums, and archives nationwide would argue otherwise. The idea of cool is not only older than we think - it's also constantly changing, aided by the mediums of portraiture and film. Readers will find unexpected and familiar faces here: Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, and Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as James Dean, Bob Dylan, and Chrissie Hynde. In perceptive essays, Joel Dinerstein investigates the evolution of cool from the 1930s to the present while Frank Goodyear explores how the mediums of film and photography have helped define the term. An extensive selection of one hundred chro... (Lees verder)nologically arranged portraits, with biographical information about each subject, profiles major eras and movements of the past decades, each with its own brand of coolness. Exploring cultural icons, this volume encourages readers to find new meaning and depth in the idea of American cool. Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Pagina's
195
Conditie
Goed — Dust jacket slightly frayed along top edge.
Prijs
€ 65,00

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