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ALBERT & THE WHALE
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FOURTH ESTATE
| Author:
Hoare, Philip
| Language:
English
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Paperback
Publisher:
FOURTH ESTATE
Author:
Hoare, Philip
Language:
English
Format:
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A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 221 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 222 ‘This is a wonderful book. A lyrical journey into the natural and unnatural world’ Patti Smith ‘Everything Philip Hoare writes is bewitching’ Olivia Laing An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of Leviathan. Albrecht D¼rer changed the way we saw nature through art. From his prints in 1498 of the plague ridden Apocalypse: the first works mass produced by any artist: to his hyper-real images of animals and plants, his art was a revelation: it showed us who we are but it also foresaw our future. It is a vision that remains startlingly powerful and seductive, even now. In Albert & the Whale, Philip Hoare sets out to discover why D¼rer’s art endures.He encounters medieval alchemists and modernist poets, eccentric emperors and queer soul rebels, ambassadorial whales and enigmatic pop artists.He witnesses the miraculous birth of D¼rer’s fantastical rhinoceros and his hermaphroditic hare, and he traces the fate of the star-crossed leviathan that the artist pursued. And as the author swims from Europe to America and beyond, these prophetic artists and downed angels provoke awkward questions.What is natural or unnatural?Is art a fatal contract?Or does it in fact have the power to save us?
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A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 221 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 222 ‘This is a wonderful book. A lyrical journey into the natural and unnatural world’ Patti Smith ‘Everything Philip Hoare writes is bewitching’ Olivia Laing An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of Leviathan. Albrecht D¼rer changed the way we saw nature through art. From his prints in 1498 of the plague ridden Apocalypse: the first works mass produced by any artist: to his hyper-real images of animals and plants, his art was a revelation: it showed us who we are but it also foresaw our future. It is a vision that remains startlingly powerful and seductive, even now. In Albert & the Whale, Philip Hoare sets out to discover why D¼rer’s art endures.He encounters medieval alchemists and modernist poets, eccentric emperors and queer soul rebels, ambassadorial whales and enigmatic pop artists.He witnesses the miraculous birth of D¼rer’s fantastical rhinoceros and his hermaphroditic hare, and he traces the fate of the star-crossed leviathan that the artist pursued. And as the author swims from Europe to America and beyond, these prophetic artists and downed angels provoke awkward questions.What is natural or unnatural?Is art a fatal contract?Or does it in fact have the power to save us?
About Author
Philip Hoare is the author of eight works of non-fiction, including Leviathan or, The Whale, which won the 29 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Hoare is also an experienced broadcaster, a Visiting Fellow at Southampton University, and Leverhulme Artist-in-residence at The Marine Institute, Plymouth University, which awarded him an honourary doctorate in 211. He lives in Southampton.
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