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David Aronson: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
Aronson, David, Biemann, Asher D.
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Description for David Aronson: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
Hardcover. As an immigrant artist of Jewish background, borrowing freely from Christology, Jewish, mystical, and modernist motifs, David Aronson has been an equally acclaimed controversial figure in the Boston Expressionist school and beyond. This book includes reproductions of Aronson's works and his 1967 lecture "Real and Unreal: The Double Nature of Art. Editor(s): Koles, Jeanne Vee. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations (cheifly col.). BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1207.
As an immigrant artist of Jewish background, who borrowed freely from Christology, Jewish, mystical, and modernist motifs, David Aronson has been an equally acclaimed controversial figure in the Boston Expressionist school and beyond. Defying all clear categorization, his highly evocative art moves precariously between the realms of the religious the secular, between Judaism and humanism, tradition and modernity. This book includes rich reproductions of Aronson's works done in encaustic, pastel, coal and bronze. It also contains Aronson's 1967 lecture ""Real and Unreal: The Double Nature of Art,"" which offers a unique testimony of the intellectual background of his creative oeuvre. ... Read more
As an immigrant artist of Jewish background, who borrowed freely from Christology, Jewish, mystical, and modernist motifs, David Aronson has been an equally acclaimed controversial figure in the Boston Expressionist school and beyond. Defying all clear categorization, his highly evocative art moves precariously between the realms of the religious the secular, between Judaism and humanism, tradition and modernity. This book includes rich reproductions of Aronson's works done in encaustic, pastel, coal and bronze. It also contains Aronson's 1967 lecture ""Real and Unreal: The Double Nature of Art,"" which offers a unique testimony of the intellectual background of his creative oeuvre. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Boston, MA, United States
ISBN
9781879985124
SKU
V9781879985124
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About Aronson, David, Biemann, Asher D.
David Aronson was an instructor of painting at the Boston Museum School and chairman of the art department at Boston University. Asher D. Biemann is assistant professor for modern Jewish thought and intellectual history at the University of Virginia. He is the editor of The Martin Buber Reader and author of a critical edition of Martin Buber's Sprachphilosophische Schriften. ... Read more
Reviews for David Aronson: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
A truly beautiful, full-color coffee table book displaying the artistic creations of David Aronson, an immigrant artist of Jewish background who has incorporated Christologicaly, Jewish, mystical, and modernist motifs. Works from 1946 to 2002 fill the pages of this fantastic volume, surely the next best thing to viewing Aronson's art in person. Most pages are devoted entirely to pictures of ... Read more