Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957
by Molesworth, Helen and Ruth Erickson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Light edgewear to DJ and textblock.)
- ISBN 10
- 0300211910
- ISBN 13
- 9780300211917
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About This Item
Boston / New Haven / London: Institute of Contemporary Art / In Association with Yale University Press, 2015. Hardcover. VG (Light edgewear to DJ and textblock.). White and color-illustrated DJ with black and white lettering; white boards with black lettering; 399 pp.; richly illustrated. "In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making the arts central to learning. Though it operated for only twenty-four years, this pioneering school played a significant role in fostering avant-garde art, music, dance, and poetry, and an astonishing number of important artists taught or studied there. Among the instructors were Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, R. Buckminster Fuller, Karen Karnes, Willem de Kooning, and M.C. Richards, and students included Ruth Asawa, John Chamberlain, Ray Johnson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly. Leap Before You Look is a singular exploration of this legendary school and the work of the artists who spent time there. Scholars from a variety of fields contribute original essays about diverse aspects of the college--spanning everything from the college's farm program to the influence of the Bauhaus--and about the people and ideas that gave it such a lasting impact. Catalogue entries highlight selected works, including writings, musical compositions, visual arts, pottery, and weaving. The book's fresh approach and rich illustrations convey the atmosphere of creativity and experimentation unique to Black Mountain College that served as an inspiration to so many. This timely volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in art, radical pedagogy, and the enduring legacy of the college"-- Front jacket flap.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957
- Author
- Molesworth, Helen and Ruth Erickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Light edgewear to DJ and textblock.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300211910
- ISBN 13
- 9780300211917
- Publisher
- Institute of Contemporary Art / In Association with Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New Haven / London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- American Art, Black Mountain College, North Carolina ; Black Mountain College ; ;
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