ISBN: 9780226816708 - behind the angel of history: the angelus novus and its interleaf (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The story of artist R. H. Quaytman?s discovery of an engraving hidden behind a famous artwork by Paul Klee.   This book begins with artist R. H. Quaytman uncovering something startling about a picture by Paul Klee. Pasted beneath Klee?s 1920 Angelus Novus?famous for its role in the writings of its first owner, Walter Benjamin?Quaytman found that Klee had interleaved a nineteenth-century engraving of Martin Luther, leaving just enough visible to provoke questions.  Behind the Angel of History reveals why this hidden face matters, delving into the intertwined artistic, political, and theological issues consuming Germany in the wake of the Great War. With the Angelus Novus, Klee responded to a growing call for a new religious art. For Benjamin, Klee?s Angelus became bound up with the prospect of meaningful dialogue among religions in Germany.   Reflecting on Klee?s, Benjamin?s, and Quaytman?s strategies of superimposing conflicting images, Annie Bourneuf reveals new dimensions of complexity in this iconic work and the writing it inspired.…

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards with some very minute tapping to the bottom front corner and in a very near fine dust jacket.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. 2022. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorAnnie Bourneuf is associate professor of art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Paul Klee: The Visible and the Legible, which was also published by the University .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story of artist R. H. Quaytman's discovery of an engraving hidden behind a famous artwork by Paul Klee. This book begins with artist R. H. Quaytman uncovering something startling about a picture by Paul Klee. Pasted beneath Klee's 1920 Angelus Novus--famous for its role in the writings of its first owner, Walter Benjamin--Quaytman found that Klee had interleaved a nineteenth-century engraving of Martin Luther, leaving just enough visible to provoke questions. Behind the Angel of History reveals why this hidden face matters, delving into the intertwined artistic, political, and theological issues consuming Germany in the wake of the Great War. With the Angelus Novus, Klee responded to a growing call for a new religious art. For Benjamin, Klee's Angelus became bound up with the prospect of meaningful dialogue among religions in Germany. Reflecting on Klee's, Benjamin's, and Quaytman's strategies of superimposing conflicting images, Annie Bourneuf reveals new dimensions of complexity in this iconic work and the writing it inspired.…