John Cage Livres

Au cours des siècles derniers, des disciplines aussi variées que la physique, la chimie, la physiologie, la psychologie, la linguistique et la philosophie se sont penchées sur le phénomène complexe de la couleur mais, paradoxalement, ceux qui l'abordent de la manière la plus intime qui soit - les artistes - ont rarement été sollicités pour s'exprimer sur ce sujet omniprésent et pointant mystérieux. Dans cet ouvrage, l'éminent historien d'art britannique John Gage se propose de combler cette lacune en abordant le thème de la couleur à travers la pensée et la pratique des artistes. La Couleur dans l'art s'intéresse à l'histoire de la couleur, mais ce n'est pas pour autant un panorama historique. En effet, chaque chapitre analyse le sujet par le biais d'une thématique précise - le langage de la couleur, la psychologie de la couleur, la symbolique des couleurs... - en se fondant sur les propos et les neutres d'artistes aussi variés que Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Mark Rothko ou Anish Kapoor. La synesthésie, la théosophie, la mise en scène théâtrale, la chromothérapie et la chromophobie font partie des très nombreux sujets abordés dans cette étude magistrale, à l'érudition lumineuse, qui permet de mieux appréhender, à travers l'inépuisable créativité des artistes, le rôle fondamental que joue la couleur dans l'art comme dans la vie.

Letters of an avant-garde icon This selection of over five hundred letters gives us the life of John Cage with all the intelligence, wit, and inventiveness that made him such an important and groundbreaking composer and performer. The missives range from lengthy reports of his early trips to Europe in the 1930s through his years with the dancer Merce Cunningham, and shed new light on his growing eminence as an iconic performance artist of the American avant-garde. Cage's joie de vivre resounds in these letters—fully annotated throughout—in every phase of his career, and includes correspondence with Peter Yates, David Tudor, and Pierre Boulez, among others. Above all, they reveal his passionate interest in people, ideas, and the arts. The voice is one we recognize from his writings: singular, profound, irreverent, and funny. Not only will readers take pleasure in Cage's correspondence with and commentary about the people and events of a momentous and transformative time in the arts, they will also share in his meditations on the very nature of art. A deep pleasure to read, this volume presents an extraordinary portrait of a complex, brilliant man who challenged and changed the artistic currents of the twentieth century. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

First published by The Royal Academy of Arts, London, to accompany the exhibition "Masters of Derain to Kandinsky. 80 Masterpieces from the Merzbacher Collection." A beautifully produced volume. High quality reproduction does full justice to the subject matter. Perfect condition. Imported from London, UK, but ready to ship within two business days from Ca.

Examines the life and work of the noted landscape painter and discusses his background and technique, including his training and working methods

Composed over 16 years, this diary is one of Cage's most personal works, filled with observations, anecdotes, and koan-like stories that reflect his views on the world and predictions about contemporary life. With a playful yet purposeful approach, Cage explores a wide range of topics, from postwar music to Watergate and ideas on global nourishment. Using an IBM Selectric, he employed chance operations to dictate not just the word count and typefaces but also the number of letters per line and indentation patterns. In Part Three, published as a Great Bear pamphlet, color was also determined through chance, creating visual variances that echo musicality and enhance the physicality of the language. This complete hardcover edition gathers all eight parts originally published in A Year from Monday, M, and X. Coeditors Kraft and Biel consulted these publications and Cage's original manuscripts, using chance operations to present the text in various combinations of red and blue and applying 18 different typefaces throughout. John Cage (1912-92), a composer, philosopher, writer, and artist, remains one of the 20th century's most influential figures, pioneering new boundaries in music and significantly impacting dance, poetry, performance, and visual art.

Colour is fundamental to life and art: yet so diverse is it that it has hardly ever been studied in a comprehensive way. Is it above all a visual stimulus? A function of light, or a material substance to be moulded and arrayed? What does the language of colour tell us? Where does one colour begin and another end?

A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of color in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Color and Culture.

Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them." Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching (what Cage called "writing through").

Exploring the evolution of Pop culture from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, this comprehensive survey examines its impact on art, film, photography, and architecture, highlighting the interplay between mass production and mass media. Unlike other works that focus solely on Pop art, it offers a holistic view of the movement's influence across America, Britain, and Europe, showcasing its diverse manifestations and cultural significance during this transformative era.