The Book on the Floor: André Malraux and the Imaginary Museum, Grasskamp, Walter

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Book Title
The Book on the Floor: André Malraux and the Imaginary Museum
ISBN
9781606065013
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, Photography
Publication Name
Book on the Floor : André Malraux and the Imaginary Museum
Publisher
Getty Publications
Item Length
9.3 in
Subject
Publishing, European / French, Criticism & Theory, European, History / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Walter Grasskamp
Item Weight
32.8 Oz
Item Width
6.6 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Publisher
Getty Publications
ISBN-10
1606065017
ISBN-13
9781606065013
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222149546

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Book on the Floor : André Malraux and the Imaginary Museum
Subject
Publishing, European / French, Criticism & Theory, European, History / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Author
Walter Grasskamp
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, Photography
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
32.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-010540
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"German art critic Walter Grasskamp (formerly, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich) presents a careful reconstruction of Malraux's project, pointing out its indebtedness to Andre Vigneau's Encyclopedie photographique de l'art (first published in 1935) and a possible connection to the ideas expounded by "Walter Benjamin in his influential The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility (1936)."-- Choice  , "German art critic Walter Grasskamp (formerly, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich) presents a careful reconstruction of Malraux's project, pointing out its indebtedness to Andre Vigneau's Encyclopedie photographique de l'art (first published in 1935) and a possible connection to the ideas expounded by "Walter Benjamin in his influential The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility (1936)."-- Choice
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
701.17
Synopsis
In 1954, the French writer, politician, and publisher Andr Malraux (1901-1976) posed at home for a photographer from the magazine Paris Match , surrounded by pages from his forthcoming book Le mus e imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale . The enchanting metaphor of the mus e imaginaire (imaginary museum) was built upon that illustrated art book, and Malraux was one of its greatest champions. Drawing on a range of contemporary publications, he adopted images and responded to ideas. Indeed, Malraux's book on the floor is a variation of photographer Andr Vigneau's spectacular Encyclop die photographique de l'art , published in five volumes from 1935 on--years before Malraux would enter this field. Both authors were engaged in juxtaposing artworks via photographs and publishing these photographs by the hundreds, but Malraux was the better sloganeer. Starting from a close examination of the photograph of Malraux in his salon, art historian Walter Grasskamp takes the reader back to the dawn of this genre of illustrated art book. He shows how it catalyzed the practice of comparing works of art on a global scale. He retraces the metaphor to earlier reproduction practices and highlights its ubiquity in contemporary art, ending with an homage to the other pioneer of the "museum without walls," the unjustly forgotten Vigneau., In 1954, the French writer, politician, and publisher Andr Malraux (1901-1976) posed at home for a photographer from the magazine Paris Match , surrounded by pages from his forthcoming book Le muse imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale . The enchanting metaphor of the muse imaginaire (imaginary museum) was built upon that illustrated art book, and Malraux was one of its greatest champions. Drawing on a range of contemporary publications, he adopted images and responded to ideas. Indeed, Malraux's book on the floor is a variation of photographer Andr Vigneau's spectacular Encyclopdie photographique de l'art , published in five volumes from 1935 on--years before Malraux would enter this field. Both authors were engaged in juxtaposing artworks via photographs and publishing these photographs by the hundreds, but Malraux was the better sloganeer. Starting from a close examination of the photograph of Malraux in his salon, art historian Walter Grasskamp takes the reader back to the dawn of this genre of illustrated art book. He shows how it catalyzed the practice of comparing works of art on a global scale. He retraces the metaphor to earlier reproduction practices and highlights its ubiquity in contemporary art, ending with an homage to the other pioneer of the "museum without walls," the unjustly forgotten Vigneau., In 1954, the French writer, politician, and publisher André Malraux (1901-1976) posed at home for a photographer from the magazine Paris Match , surrounded by pages from his forthcoming book Le musée imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale . The enchanting metaphor of the musée imaginaire (imaginary museum) was built upon that illustrated art book, and Malraux was one of its greatest champions. Drawing on a range of contemporary publications, he adopted images and responded to ideas. Indeed, Malraux's book on the floor is a variation of photographer André Vigneau's spectacular Encyclopédie photographique de l'art , published in five volumes from 1935 on--years before Malraux would enter this field. Both authors were engaged in juxtaposing artworks via photographs and publishing these photographs by the hundreds, but Malraux was the better sloganeer. Starting from a close examination of the photograph of Malraux in his salon, art historian Walter Grasskamp takes the reader back to the dawn of this genre of illustrated art book. He shows how it catalyzed the practice of comparing works of art on a global scale. He retraces the metaphor to earlier reproduction practices and highlights its ubiquity in contemporary art, ending with an homage to the other pioneer of the "museum without walls," the unjustly forgotten Vigneau.
LC Classification Number
N7483.M27G7313 2016

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