The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture by Landauer, Susan; Gerdts, William H.; Trenton, Patricia - 2003

University of California Press, 2003-11-10. Paperback. Good. 0.9000 10.9000 8.8000.

University of California Press, 2003-11-10. Paperback. Very Good. 0.9000 10.9000 8.8000.

University of California Press, 2003-11-10. Paperback. Good.

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of California Press, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Excellent clean & fresh copy. Quality oversize softcover in its own flaps. With 167 plates. .

University of California Press, San Jose Museum of Art, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Exhibition catalog. Essays. Lavishly illustrated. Documents how California artists have transformed and revitalized the still life genre over the course of the last century. Investigation ranges from the plein-air Impressionism of the early twentieth century to the Synchromist bouquets of Stanton Macdonald-Wright, the revolving table settings of Charles Ray, to the electronic sculptures of Alan Rath. 225p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

University of California Press, 2003. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover edges are slightly worn. Inside is clean and unmarked.

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Berkeley. 2003. University Of California Press. 1st Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0520239385. 225 pages. paperback. keywords: California Art. FROM THE PUBLISHER - As E. H. Gombrich once observed, the still life is compelled to challenge and at the same time perpetuate tradition. Without the elements of recognition and comparison, and the discovery of the familiar in the unfamiliar, the genre would lose most of its meaning. This lavishly illustrated volume documents the extraordinary challenges that artists in California have brought to the tradition of the still life as they have transformed and revitalized the genre over the course of the last century. In abundantly illustrated essays, as entertaining as they are informative, The Not-So-Still Life traces the great variety of media and forms these artists have engaged as they have moved the still life not just off the table, but off the wall and into three dimensions. Susan Landauer, William H. Gerdts, and Patricia Trenton investigate a… Read More

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 2003. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover 2003, 1st edition. Text and covers in as new condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (225 pages).