Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0714865516 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 373 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Five Stars. nice pictures. "Gorgeous book." according to Katsat. For anyone interested in outdoor sculpture, this book is for you. I bought this for my husband, a retired sculpture professor, and he loved it. Gorgeous photography and design. A very big book but one that well deserves a place on a coffee table or any art-lover's bookshelf.. Far exceeding expectations Francina Gielis This book far exceeded my expectations, the content, the use of space, the quality of the paper. A true coffee table book. I love the history and technical information it gives. This is good value for the money.
The book is organized by country, which makes it useful for exploring future destinations or seeing what you might be missing close to home." – The Wall Street Journal"An art pilgrim's bucket list." – The New York Times"A valuable guide." – USA Today"Art that surrounds us in our cities and in nature, from New York to Rio de Janeiro. Others plot their course from baseball stadium to baseball stadium. ""Art & Place collects destination art worth the trip." – Newsweek/The Daily Beast"This highly chromatic and eclectic visual compendium of site-specific art in the Americas, from
The book is organized geographically, offering fresh juxtapositions among familiar art works, such as Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, alongside lesser-known revelations, such as Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea in Brazil. Maps pinpoint the sites’ locations while specially commissioned plans reveal some of the more complex layouts. Featuring hundreds of powerful art works in 60 cities – from Albuquerque to Boston and Baja to Rio de Janeiro – the book is both an informative guide and a virtual bucket list of outstanding art destinations.Conceived and developed by Phaidon editors, Art & Place covers carving, painting, murals, frescos, earthworks, land art, and
Phaidon Editors