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Romanticized notions of how one becomes an “artist” have long been questioned, so why do we still fetishize them in popular culture, turning a blind eye to the politics of exclusionism that characterize the art world and conforming our creative potential to well-trodden stereotypes?I'm Not an Artist is a critical appraisal of the role of the artist through time and an account of how successful artists have conquered their spot in the history of art, from the rise of the Renaissance artist star to the multiplicity of artistic identities we see in the creative landscape today.Entertaining, informative, and packed with important but lesser-known stories about how artists became famous, it examines the cultural importance of the professional label “artist” and invites readers to “give up the artist myth” in order to rediscover creativity beyond the stronghold of institutions, markets, trends, and cultural clichés. It's a book about art, artists, art history, and the art market as well as the role creativity plays in our lives and how outdated power structures and professional labels are a hindrance to unlocking creative potential. Openly engaging with the contradictions and paradoxes that currently define the relationship between artists, the education system, and the art market, the book proposes an eco-cultural model that can allow artists to reconfigure their identities, and in the process tilt the artworld's axis.By turns a critical framework for examining what constitutes the term “artist”, an alternative art historical account and a no holds barred guide to how the art world really works, this boundary-breaking book challenges existing practices, methodologies, and metrics of success, calling for a fairer art world that is non-elitist and multicultural. It allows readers to critically position themselves in today's art world in a clear, ethically grounded, and responsible way.

For more than a century, Chicago's leading painters, sculptors, writers, actors, dancers and architects congregated together in close-knit artistic enclaves. After the Columbian Exposition, they set up shop in places like Lambert Tree Studios and the 57th Street Artist Colony. Nationally renowned figures like Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Anderson, Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan became colleagues, confidants and neighbors. In the 1920s, Carl Sandburg, Emma Goldman, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Hecht, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Clarence Darrow transformed the speakeasies and bohemian bistros of Towertown into Chicago's Greenwich Village. In Old Town, Renaissance man Edgar Miller and progressive architect Andrew Rebori collaborated on the Frank Fisher Studios, one of the finest examples of Art Moderne architecture in the country. From Nellie Walker to Roger Ebert, Keith Stolte visits Chicago's ascendant artistic spirits in their chosen sanctuaries.

aus dem Klappentext: Der Band enthält die Akten einer Tagung an der Akademie für deutsch-italienische Studien in Meran aus dem Jahre 2014. Thematisiert wird die Spannung zwischen der Bindung an das eigene Land und der persönlichen Verbindung zu Freunden aus dem Ausland in Künstlerfreundschaften in der Zeit des Ersten Weltkrieges. Arturo Larcati ist assozierter Professor für Neuere Deutsche Literatur an der Universität Verona und seit 2019 Leiter des Stefan Zweig Zentrums der Universität Salzburg. Er ist Autor mehrerer Monographien zum literarischen Expressionismus, zu Ingeborg Bachmann sowie zur Theorie der Metapher aus der Perspektive der Autorenpoetik. Zuletzt hat er das Stefan Zweig Handbuch (2018; mit Klemens Renoldner und Martina Wörgötter) sowie den Sammelband „Am liebsten wäre mir Rom!“ Stefan Zweig und Italien (2019; mit Klemens Renoldner) herausgegeben. Chiara Conterno, Forscherin und Dozentin für Deutsche Literatur an der Universität Bologna; Schwerpunkte ihrer Forschung sind moderne Lyrik, deutsch-jüdische Literatur, Briefkultur, Fragen der Rezeptionsgeschichte literarischer Werke, deutsch-italienischer Kulturtransfer im 18. Jahrhundert und transkulturelle Literatur. Sie ist auch als Übersetzerin tätig. Publikationen u. a.: Metamorfosi della fuga. La ricerca dell'Assoluto nella lirica di Nelly Sachs (Padova 2010) und Die andere Tradition. Psalm-Gedichte im 20. Jahrhundert (Göttingen 2014).

Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings—some long, some short—that taken together forma group portrait of many of the world's most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ranges widely through the diverse and confusing art world, an expert guide to a dazzling scene. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as Schjeldahl does. His reviews are more essay than criticism, and he offers engaging and informative accounts of artists and their work. For more than three decades, he has written about art with Emersonian openness and clarity. A fresh perspective, an unexpected connection, a lucid gloss on a big idea awaits the reader on every page of this big, absorbing, buzzing book.

Der aus der Eifler Region stammende und seit seiner Jugend in Köln sesshafte Künstlerarchitekt Hans Hansen (1889–1966) ist eine ungewöhnliche und interessante Figur, die geradezu paradigmatisch sichtbar macht, wie sehr der Mythos einer Avantgarde ohne Voraussetzungen und Vernetzungen ihres inner circle an der Realität und ihren Praktiken vorbeigeht. So pflegte Hansen, der sich recht universalistisch auf den Feldern der Architektur, Kunsttheorie, Malerei, Grafik und des Kunst­gewerbes betätigte, nicht nur engste Kontakte zu solch divergierenden Kunstszenen wie der linksradikalen Kölner Avantgarde (DADA Köln, Kölner Progressive) und dem Institut für religiöse Kunst. Auch war er eines der korrespondierenden Mitglieder der von Bruno Taut ins Leben gerufenen und unter dem Namen Gläserne Kette berühmt gewordenen avantgardistischen Vereinigung, die heutzutage zu den wichtigsten Repräsentanten architektonischer Utopie nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg gezählt wird. Neben einer Biographie des Künstlers geht der vorliegende Band ausführlich auf Hansens Werk in Architektur, Glasbild, Malerei und Schrift ein. Ergänzt durch einen Werkkatalog und illustriert mit insgesamt 265 Farb- und Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen bietet Aksus Werk einen einmaligen Überblick über das Schaffen des Künstlerarchitekten Hans Hansen.

This stunning eBook is a concise illustrated guide, evaluating the masterpieces that have changed the course of art as we know it. Whether an art novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this eBook offers you an intriguing overview of the world's most famous and iconic artworks. Illustrated with over 500 full colour images, it builds upon Delphi's groundbreaking Masters of Art Series — the world's first digital e-Art books. Through the analysis of 50 famous and innovative paintings, the eBook charts the shifting movements and styles of Western art, from the early beginnings of the Italian Renaissance to the daring wonders of the twentieth century. (Version 1) • Includes reproductions of art's most monumental paintings• Concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information on each artist and artwork• Enlarged ‘Detail'images, allowing you to explore the celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional print art books• Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders• Easily locate the paintings you wish to view with a linked contents table• Chart the history of art in chronological order Please note: due to existing copyrights, Picasso and Matisse are unable to appear in the eBook. CONTENTS: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF JOACHIM by GiottoTHE EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN by MasaccioTHE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT by Jan van EyckTHE BAPTISM OF CHRIST by Piero della FrancescaPRIMAVERA by Sandro BotticelliTHE LAST SUPPER by Leonardo da VinciSELF PORTRAIT, 1498 by Albrecht DürerPORTRAIT OF DOGE LEONARDO LOREDAN by Giovanni BelliniMONA LISA by Leonardo da VinciTHE LAST JUDGMENT by MichelangeloTHE SCHOOL OF ATHENS by RaphaelSLEEPING VENUS by GiorgioneASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN by TitianTHE PEASANT WEDDING by Pieter Bruegel the ElderTHE LAST SUPPER by TintorettoCALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW by CaravaggioJUDITH SLAYING HOLOFERNES by Artemisia GentileschiET IN ARCADIA EGO by Nicolas PoussinTHE EMBARKATION OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA by Claude LorrainLAS MENINAS by Diego VelázquezPEACE AND WAR by Sir Peter Paul RubensTHE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Johannes VermeerSELF PORTRAIT WITH PALETTE AND BRUSHES by Rembrandt van RijnTHE ENTRANCE TO THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE by CanalettoTHE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT by William HogarthTHE SWING by Jean-Honoré FragonardTHE BLUE BOY by Thomas GainsboroughOATH OF THE HORATII by Jacques-Louis DavidTHE NUDE MAJA by Francisco de GoyaTHE HAY WAIN by John ConstableWANDERER ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG by Caspar David FriedrichLIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE by Eugène DelacroixTHE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE by J. M. W. TurnerOLYMPIA by Édouard ManetIMPRESSION, SUNRISE by Claude MonetPROSERPINE by Dante Gabriel RossettiTHE DANCING CLASS by Edgar DegasNOCTURNE IN BLACK AND GOLD: THE FALLING ROCKET by James Abbott McNeill WhistlerAT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE by Pierre-Auguste RenoirMADAME X by John Singer SargentSTILL LIFE: VASE WITH TWELVE SUNFLOWERS by Vincent van GoghTHE SCREAM by Edvard MunchWHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? by Paul GauguinTHE LARGE BATHERS by Paul CézanneTHE KISS by Gustav KlimtPORTRAIT OF WALLY by Egon SchieleSMALL PLEASURES by Wassily KandinskySEATED NUDE by Amedeo ModiglianiRED BALLOON by Paul KleeTABLEAU I by Piet Mondrian Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

Salvator Rosa ist der selbsternannte'Pictor Succensor', der vom'furor poeticus'angefeuerte, seiner Kunst und seinem Künstlertum allein verpflichtete Maler, der alles für Freiheit gibt und'kynischen'Idealen entsprechend äusseren Reichtum und den Tod verachtet. Er ist gebildet und fordert ausdrücklich, dass der Künstler über Bildung verfüge:'Bisogna, che i Pittori siano eruditi [...].'Er schreibt Satyren, in denen er seine hohen Ansprüche formuliert, Missstände anklagt und selbst Raphael und Michelan­gelo von Kritik und Sarkasmus nicht ausnimmt. Für viele ist er ein'bello spirito', gesellig und beliebt, und ein'amico vero', anderswo wird er - wegen seines allzu selbst­be­wussten Auftretens - angefeindet und gemieden. Er ist als Landschaftsmaler erfolgreich und wird später in England in einem Atemzug mit Claude Lorrain und Gaspard Dughet genannt und gefeiert und als'especially English property'reklamiert. Für Lady Morgan steht Rosa kämpfend an vorderster Front'pencil in hand and revolver in belt'. Er bürgt für'moral dignity', für andere, so für Füssli, verkörpert er'wildness'- im Kontrast zu Poussins'classic regularity'. Rosa selbst kämpft Zeit seines Lebens um An­erkennung als Maler heroischer, grosser Themen:'E sempre vanno paesi el marinelle e sempre cosuccie, e io son pittore di cose grandi di figure eroiche.'Salvator Rosa strebt nach einem'dominio del maggior sapere'und steht Tommaso Campanellas naturphilosophischen Vorstellungen nahe. In exzentrischen'concetti'verliert er sich nicht, sondern folgt Danielo Bartolis'Stile Serio, e severo'. Er malt Philosophenbilder und findet sich in Meditation und bei Diogenes wieder. Vordergründig eine romantische Vorstellung, doch Rosa sucht und forscht tiefer - ein Leben'zwischen Schlange und Nachtigall'('tra il serpe, e il rosignuolo'), gelebt in Neapel, Rom, Florenz und wieder in Rom.

In this highly original work, John Ruskan explores the intricacies of feeling-oriented art. He presents radical insights about the nature of the art process that explain exactly what it is that artists do, how they can do it better, and how to make art an essential route to enlightenment through revealing and integrating the personal unconscious. He demystifies artistic manic-depressiveness, clarifying in remarkably simple terms how it forms and how it may be handled and reversed. His original three stages of art provide a road map for those traveling the glorious yet often perilous path of the artist, revealing those perils and how to avoid them. He will enable you to experience art, either as a viewer or creator, as a vital part of your evolutionary advancement.