David Ebony— The advent of affordable television sets in the late 1940s and ’50s, and network television programming aimed to enthrall the masses, arguably had the most significant cultural impact on the planet since the invention of movable type. The powerful new medium quickly became the primary source of news,
Today we are excited to introduce you to a new series on our our Yale University Press Art & Architecture blog: Art + Science. Posts featured here will occupy that fascinating space where the visual arts overlap with scientific pursuits and discoveries. Today, we are sharing a guest post by Michelle
The May 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk is a missive from Chicago – from the incomparable Cheryl Towler Weese of Studio Blue. Why did you pursue design, rather than, say, painting or architecture or sculpture? Like some of the other designers who have contributed to this blog series, I didn’t
Ivy Sanders Schneider– American designers Charles and Ray Eames first began their collaboration in the early 1940s and continued to join creative forces – producing furniture, films, and architectural works – until Charles’ death in 1978. Although their earliest designs were conceptualized nearly 75 years ago, they feel as current now
David Ebony— From the late 1920s through the 1930s, Mexican artists Diego Rivera (1886-1957), and his wife Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), were one of the most famous art-world power couples on the planet. At the time, Rivera was internationally recognized for his monumental public murals featuring poignant socialist themes. Kahlo at
We’re co-posting today with The Metropolitan Museum of Art; editorial assistant Rachel High has interviewed award-winning photographer Platon, whose images grace the pages of the gorgeous new book China: Through the Looking Glass by Andrew Bolton (published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press). Rachel High–
To commemorate the official opening to the public of the new location of the Whitney Museum of American Art, our Publisher of Art and Architecture sent these notes from the field after her attendance at one of this week’s opening events. Patricia Fidler– Stepping out of the taxi on Gansevoort Street
We’re co-posting today with The Metropolitan Museum of Art; editorial assistant Rachel High has interviewed Jared Goss, author of the recent, beautiful book French Art Deco (published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press). Rachel High– In April 1925, the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts
In honor of National Poetry Month, here is an appreciation of a few recent books that fuse verse and image. 1. Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010, by Yasmil Raymond and Philippe Vergne. This book, which accompanied an exhibition at Dia:Beacon last year, includes a wonderful array of Carl Andre’s sculpture,
Alfred Maurer, who would turn 147 today, was an American modernist painter. He is sometimes referred to as the first American Modernist, though his early years as an artist seem to belie this description. His early work, which attracted widespread, positive critical attention, was compared to the paintings of John Singer