Paysages de la sagesse
by Charles Luke Powell (photos); Camille Bourniquel (text))
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 2733500228
- ISBN 13
- 9782733500224
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.)
Presumably first edition.
French language. [118] pages (unnumbered), [1] leaf inserted; ill. (colour); 25 x 28 cm. Includes Legend containing pertinent information about each photo.
Blue cloth hardcover with white lettering to spine shows a few minor indentations, internally clean and clear with the exception of the ffep sporting a few unobtrusive library pencil markings and a large personal inscription in ink. The dust jacket has some wear, including closed tears, chipping, scuffs, etc.
From dust jacket (Googletrans):
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Egypt: the titles of the chapters of this album immediately evoke images of violence, heartbreaks, armed conflicts... Charles Luke Powell has deliberately chosen to show only the beauty of these lands. An exceptional serenity permeates, like a light, his photographs: grandiose landscapes, lands and lives on the margins of time, ancestral gestures. His particular sensitivity, his sense of color and light, his technical mastery give us a new and unforgettable image of these countries and immediately establish him as a very great photographer. Camille Bourniquel's beautiful introductory text analyzes both the approach of Charles Luke Powell - "photographer of peace" his vision as a painter and the exceptional plastic beauty of his photographs. It highlights their most striking originality: expressing the feeling of the sacred inscribed in the landscapes themselves, which were the cradle of all the great religions.
Charles Luke Powell, born in 1946 in North Carolina, lives in Virginia when he is not on the road. His work has never been published, but was exhibited in 1975 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lausanne.
Camille Bourniquel, born in 1918 in Paris, was literary director of the magazine Esprit from 1958 to 1977. Novelist, poet, essayist, he is also the author of numerous books and articles on non-figurative art and sacred art. Among his novels, let us mention Le Lac (1963), Selinonte ou la Chambre imperiale (Medicis Prize 1970), Tempo (grand prize of the French Academy 1977).
90 color photographic illustrations.
From the library of Monseigneur Maurice Beaudeaux (1902-1988), who was an Officer of the Order of Canada and archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, awarded the honour of the OC for his work in the western provinces on behalf of French Canada.
En français (GoogleTrans):
Probablement première édition.
Français. [118] pages (non numérotées), [1] feuille insérée ; je vais. (couleur); 25 x 28 cm. Inclut une légende contenant des informations pertinentes sur chaque photo.
La couverture rigide en tissu bleu avec des lettres blanches sur le dos montre quelques indentations mineures, intérieurement propres et claires à l'exception du ffep arborant quelques marques discrètes au crayon de bibliothèque et une grande inscription personnelle à l'encre. La jaquette a une certaine usure, y compris des déchirures fermées, des éclats, des éraflures, etc.
De la jaquette:
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Egypte : les titres de chapitres de cet album evoquent immediatement des ima-ges de violence, de dechirements, de conflits armes... Charles Luke Powell, lui, a choisi deliberement de ne montrer que la beaute de ces contrees. Une exceptionnelle serenite impregne, comme une lumiere, ses photographies : paysa-ges grandioses, terres et vies en marge du temps, gestes ancestraux. Sa sensibilite particuliere, son sens de la couleur et de la lumiere, sa maitrise technique nous donnent de ces pays une image neuve et inoubliable et l'imposent d'emblee comme un tres grand photographe. Le tits beau texte d'introduction de Camille Bourniquel analyse a la fois la demarche de Charles Luke Powell — " photographe de paix " sa vision de peintre et l'exceptionnelle beaute plastique de ses photographies. Il met en lumiere leur originalite la plus frappante : exprimer le sentiment du sacre inscrit dans les paysa-ges eux-memes, qui furent le berceau de toutes les grandes religions.
Charles Luke Powell, ne en 1946 en Caroline du Nord, vit en Virginie quand it n'est pas sur les routes. Son travail n'a jamais encore ete publie, mais fut exposé en 1975 au musee des Arts decoratifs de Lausanne.
Camille Bourniquel, ne en 1918 a Paris, fut directeur litteraire de la revue Esprit de 1958 a 1977. Romancier, poete, essayiste, it est dgalement l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages et articles sur l'art non figuratif et l'art sacre. Parmi ses romans, citons le Lac (1963), Selinonte ou la Chambre imperiale (prix Medicis 1970), Tempo (grand prix de l'Academie fran-gaise 1977).
Provenant de la bibliothèque de Monseigneur Maurice Beaudeaux (1902-1988) qui était Officier de l'Ordre du Canada et archevêque de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, reçu l'honneur de l'OC pour son travail dans les provinces de l'Ouest au nom du Canada français.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Paysages de la sagesse
- Author
- Charles Luke Powell (photos); Camille Bourniquel (text))
- Illustrator
- Charles Luke Powell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 2733500228
- ISBN 13
- 9782733500224
- Publisher
- Herscher
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- [118]
- Size
- 28
- Keywords
- Moyen-Orient Ouvrages illustrés Proche-Orient Ouvrages illustrés paysages, photographies Middle East Pictorial works
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- Photography; French; Art & Culture; Religious; Travel;
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