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Fragile Beasts Colouring Book: 40 Grotesque Designs from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Caitlin Condell (Ed.)
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Description for Fragile Beasts Colouring Book: 40 Grotesque Designs from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Novelty book. The word grotesque was first coined at the end of the fifteenth century in Italy to describe a style of painting found in Ancient Roman ruins in which foliage intertwines and merges with human and animal forms. This title features scaled works, often measuring just a few inches, that are at times erotically charged and at others moralizing. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 254 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
The word grotesque was first coined at the end of the fifteenth century in Italy to describe a style of painting found in Ancient Roman ruins in which foliage intertwines and merges with human and animal forms. The re-discovery of these ruins was deeply influential to artists and designers. Through drawings and prints, grotesque motifs were disseminated as patterns for decoration in architecture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics. The fantastic nature of the grotesque enabled artists to incorporate imagery that pushed the boundaries of the known world. Within the confines of ornamental designs, artists turned elements from nature into otherworldly beings. ... Read more
The word grotesque was first coined at the end of the fifteenth century in Italy to describe a style of painting found in Ancient Roman ruins in which foliage intertwines and merges with human and animal forms. The re-discovery of these ruins was deeply influential to artists and designers. Through drawings and prints, grotesque motifs were disseminated as patterns for decoration in architecture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics. The fantastic nature of the grotesque enabled artists to incorporate imagery that pushed the boundaries of the known world. Within the confines of ornamental designs, artists turned elements from nature into otherworldly beings. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chicago, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781942303169
SKU
V9781942303169
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About Caitlin Condell (Ed.)
Caitlin Condell is Assistant Curator of Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York where she has organized numerous exhibitions of art and design, including the forthcoming Fragile Beasts: Designing the Grotesque, How Posters Work (co-curated with Ellen Lupton), Maira Kalman Selects, Making Design and Hewitt Sisters Collect. Magali An ... Read more
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