The Resource Forms of enchantment : writings on art & artists, Marina Warner
Forms of enchantment : writings on art & artists, Marina Warner
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- Summary
- Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists - with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the installations of Joan Jonas. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, the author's approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. She argues that art and aesthetics increasingly fulfil a magical social function - a principle that runs through these writings to give the collection a quality that is polemical as well as coherent. With an introductory essay and illustrations throughout, Marina Warner investigates how artists noted for their treatment of disturbing, uncanny material have reached beyond the visible, to express interior states. Truly inspiring, her writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Forms of enchantment : writings on art & artists
- Title
- Forms of enchantment
- Title remainder
- writings on art & artists
- Statement of responsibility
- Marina Warner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists - with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the installations of Joan Jonas. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, the author's approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. She argues that art and aesthetics increasingly fulfil a magical social function - a principle that runs through these writings to give the collection a quality that is polemical as well as coherent. With an introductory essay and illustrations throughout, Marina Warner investigates how artists noted for their treatment of disturbing, uncanny material have reached beyond the visible, to express interior states. Truly inspiring, her writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art
- Cataloging source
- ERASA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Warner, Marina
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Aesthetics
- Art
- Art, Modern
- Art
- Metamorphosis
- Symbolism in art
- Feminism in art
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Forms of enchantment : writings on art & artists, Marina Warner
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- volume
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- text
- still image
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500021460
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 510980
- 22477517
- JB22477517
- Label
- Forms of enchantment : writings on art & artists, Marina Warner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500021460
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 510980
- 22477517
- JB22477517
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