BIRDS
THE GOLDFINCH, BIRDS, ART AND US
SCHAMA, SIMON
æNo other creatures have fixed themselves so obsessively and ubiquitously in our restless, earth-stuck imagination as birdsà the fixation painted, imprinted, sculpted, filmed in our art.Æ- Simon SchamaFrom Icarus to Peter Pan, who hasnÆt dreamt of flying? Birds are the embodiment of our desires, fears and fantasies. In this publication internationally renowned (art) historian S...
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æNo other creatures have fixed themselves so obsessively and ubiquitously in our restless, earth-stuck imagination as birdsà the fixation painted, imprinted, sculpted, filmed in our art.Æ- Simon SchamaFrom Icarus to Peter Pan, who hasnÆt dreamt of flying? Birds are the embodiment of our desires, fears and fantasies. In this publication internationally renowned (art) historian Simon Schama and Mauritshuis director Martine Gosselink explore the fascinating relationship between humans and birds through art, literature and cultural history.Carel FabritiusÆs world-famous Goldfinch, PicassoÆs Dove, BrancusiÆs Bird in Space, an Egyptian falcon mummy, a feather dress by Iris van Herpen: this book is a visual and literary journey through centuries of bird imagery. The icing on the cake is a wonderful anthology of bird stories from, among other works, The Epic of Gilgameshand One Thousand and One Nights, as well as bird poems by such writers as Rabindranath Tagore, Ted Hughes, Bob Marley and R?m?.With contributions by Simon Schama, Martine Gosselink, Laura Cumming, Stefan Hertmans, Philip Hoare, Eva Meijer and Adrienn
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