Working Space by Frank Stella
Here is a rare opportunity to view painting through the discerning eyes of one of the worlds foremost abstract painters. Stella uses the crisis of representational art in sixteenth-century Italy to illuminate the crisis of abstraction in our time.-
The Origin of Others
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The Unanswered Question
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
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Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons
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The Romantic Generation
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The Genesis of Secrecy
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Six Drawing Lessons
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Space, Time and Architecture
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Lessons of the Masters
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The Shape of Content
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The Witness of Poetry
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This Craft of Verse
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To Save and to Destroy
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The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
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Sincerity and Authenticity
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Other Traditions
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Writing and Being
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The Secular Scripture
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Concerto Conversations
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Children of the Mire
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Remembering the Future
MrStella’s way of dealing with single paintings, 36 of which are reproduced in color, makes for one tour-de-force after another… Paintings familiar and unfamiliar, from the ‘Mona Lisa’ to Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Composition IX,’ gain a just-washed sparkle. -- Peter Schjeldahl * New York Times Book Review *
Working Space comes as something of a bombshell. For this is a book that explodes a great many received ideas about abstraction… [It] is certainly one of the most remarkable books ever written on the subject. What makes it so remarkable, of course, is that Stella is unquestionably the most celebrated abstract painter of his generation. -- Hilton Kramer * The Atlantic *
It is seldom that a major artist is prepared to commit himself publicly to a considered, large-scale survey of the art of his time, and to relate it moreover to substantial cross-sections of the art of the past. Frank Stella has done this in his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard, with considerable erudition, great verve and genuine originality. -- John Golding * Times Literary Supplement *
This is a marvelously insightful and thought-provoking book… Stella’s perception of the problem is correct—abstraction has reached a watershed. His analysis of that problem is erudite and plausible, and at times even passionate. If he does not solve it within these pages, he at least has made us consider its ramifications, and he has enabled us to look at art from a valuable and rarely available perspective. -- Edward J. Sozanski * Philadelphia Inquirer *
Working Space develops its thesis with such gusto, elegance, and conviction… The text is rich with insight, integrity, and unexpected rethinkings of erstwhile familiar images. -- David Anfam * Art International *
This is art history and art criticism of a high order, detailed and refreshingly idiosyncratic. Both scholarly and hip, Stella has written a book that reveals the painter’s mind and studio, allowing us to see the play of history and vision that goes on within. Highly recommended. -- Calvin Reid * Library Journal *
Working Space comes as something of a bombshell. For this is a book that explodes a great many received ideas about abstraction… [It] is certainly one of the most remarkable books ever written on the subject. What makes it so remarkable, of course, is that Stella is unquestionably the most celebrated abstract painter of his generation. -- Hilton Kramer * The Atlantic *
It is seldom that a major artist is prepared to commit himself publicly to a considered, large-scale survey of the art of his time, and to relate it moreover to substantial cross-sections of the art of the past. Frank Stella has done this in his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard, with considerable erudition, great verve and genuine originality. -- John Golding * Times Literary Supplement *
This is a marvelously insightful and thought-provoking book… Stella’s perception of the problem is correct—abstraction has reached a watershed. His analysis of that problem is erudite and plausible, and at times even passionate. If he does not solve it within these pages, he at least has made us consider its ramifications, and he has enabled us to look at art from a valuable and rarely available perspective. -- Edward J. Sozanski * Philadelphia Inquirer *
Working Space develops its thesis with such gusto, elegance, and conviction… The text is rich with insight, integrity, and unexpected rethinkings of erstwhile familiar images. -- David Anfam * Art International *
This is art history and art criticism of a high order, detailed and refreshingly idiosyncratic. Both scholarly and hip, Stella has written a book that reveals the painter’s mind and studio, allowing us to see the play of history and vision that goes on within. Highly recommended. -- Calvin Reid * Library Journal *
Frank Stella (1936-2024) was an American painter and sculptor. A pioneer of minimalist abstraction in the late 1950s, Stella received the National Medal of Arts in 2009. His work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674959613 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674959612 |
| Title | Working Space |
| Author | Frank Stella |
| Series | The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1986-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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