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The superbly illustrated and detailed handbook that popularized the use of classic Greek architectural style in America in the early and middle 1800s. 271 illustrations.
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A Hidden Love: Art and Homosexuality (Art & Design)
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Homosexuality has always existed, but for centuries artists have felt compelled to codify its expression in their work, in essence hiding it from the public eye. In this dazzling and highly original book, Dominique Fernandez takes a close look at artistic works from the past centuries — from rites of passage into manhood and representations of the hero, to the pantheon of pagan gods and the image of the lesbian — to show how the most powerful representations of homosexuality have emerged from conditions of secrecy and even repression.
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a jaded and superficial presentation of important ideas.......2007-07-27
I was incredibly excited when I saw this book at a bookstore, so much so that I paged through it, saw some of the wonderful images inside and put it on my Amazon wish list without thinking further. Now that I have the book, I'm going to tear out those beautiful images and put the writing in the trash where it belongs.
On the positive side, Fernandez has done a lot of research and touches on a lot of important points. But there are many negatives:
1. The most important negative is a prevailing air of self-hatred which comes out on almost every page. His language treads the tired ground that homosexuality and serious pursuits like religion or statesmanship must by necessity be at odds with each other because homosexuality must always devolve into "the remorseless hunger, monotony, and cruelty of phallic obsession". He begins the book by stating that homosexuality has existed in every culture and time, but then falls all over himself to emphasize what a minority it has probably always been, and to paint the relations as coerced and decadent in most instances. It's a valid viewpoint but one that I've heard enough in traditional history books- I'm hungry for something new that better fits the truth of my life and the truth that I see in many other homosexual lives, both present and past.
2. Fernandez often works against his own main thesis in the book- that the portrayal of winking, condemned lust is inherently more "artistic" than self-confident, egalitarian relationships. And yet, he includes perfectly happy and well-adjusted Greek men in what he apparently agrees to be great works of art and lambasts illustrations for a de Sade book which are "unartistic" specifically because laws against them force them into a heated overindulgence.
2. Fernandez puts a great deal more emphasis on boys and very young men than is necessary. It's true that man-boy sexuality has been preferred in many societies, but there are pictures of naked boys included in the book for which Fernandez offers no support as to their being homosexual, homophilic, or even homosocial. Fernandez seems to feel that any portrayal of a naked adolescent male is inherently "homo", which smacks of personal desire more than professional thought. Also, he insists on the same apparent fiction as many writers on the subject that fully grown, heavily muscled young men must be read as "boys" simply because they are involved in a homosexual relationship with an older man of exactly the same body type but sporting a beard. No doubt, the canonical view was that the depiction was a man-boy relationship, but the visual evidence (backed up by more literary evidence than he's willing to admit) points to more egalitarian relationships than the canonical standard alludes.
3. The author bites off more than he can chew in many instances. I had assumed from the images that this was primarily a book on the visual arts, but long passages are devoted to poetry, theatre, film, literature, and legal and social history. With a more skillful writer, these might have helped illustrate the visual images, but here they're more often distracting.
4. Arguments for some of the more controversial inclusions are awkward. David decapitating Goliath, Hercules wrestling with Achelous, and Apollo flaying Marsyas can conceivably be read as erotic, but the author whisks through his argument for including them in a few sentences, leaving them open to suspicion. Would he argue that images of Judith killing Holofernes should be read as erotic as well? Why or why not? Interesting ideas, but discussed superficially. And he'd have to work a lot harder to convince me that Gericault's Raft of the Medusa can be read as erotic of any kind.
5. Some inclusions, such as Saint Sebastian, which are easy to justify, are given pages and pages of text and images which almost seem like overkill. And contrary to what another reviewer wrote, I often found myself flipping back and forth to try to match images to text. In a couple cases, I couldn't find any text at all for included images and was left feeling like they were included just because the author liked them.
6. For all the emphasis on same-gender sex, the book talks very little about the overarching notions of gender which must frame the subject. For instance, he includes a half-paragraph on lesbian scenes from 18th-century grand manner paintings without specifically pointing out at all that they were painted by men, and then doesn't mention the equally but differently homoerotic paintings by a promiment woman of the time, Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun.
7. The writing could have used an editor in many instances. For instance, Fernandez begins his section on Neoclassicism by saying that he'll be discussing two major events. He doesn't even tell us what the second event is until 11 pages later, by which time the reader has forgotten the original setup. Similarly, the last sentence of his chapter on east Asia is an aside that Japanese artists depicted group sex, just sort of tacked onto the end as if he hadn't found a good place to mention it anywhere else but wanted to get it in.
8. The author includes lots of frank pornography by big-name intellectuals like Cocteau and Eisenstein, but then proceeds to decry pornography by people who aren't famous as worthless. Combined with his apparent interest in age-defined homosexuality and his preference for aristocratic hypocrisy over modern "permissiveness", the overall effect gets pretty snobby.
I give the book two stars only because of its breadth and lavish images. It is a great introduction to the subject if the reader is able to edit out the bitter queen mentality that effuses most of it. Get it from a library to look at the pictures and skim the text, then purchase the magnificent Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis Crompton to read.
One of the Most Luxuriously Illustrated Art Books with a Message.......2005-08-30
The topic of inferred or occult homosexual meanings of masterpieces from Greco-Roman times to the present has needed a spokesman for a long time, someone who is willing to take on the arguments pro and con of artists' intentions and messages, reflective or declamatory, and form an argument to fill the nebulous void of written information.
Dominique Fernandez writes with an easy, conversational style that makes his commentary and précis accessible as it is spread throughout this large volume. In contrast to less successful art history books, the designers of this volume have keyed the illustrations to the exact page on which the commentary is placed: no looking through indices here, and no struggling through disrupting the thought by attempting to locate the example.
Fernandez follows a chronological timeline in presenting his thoughts. One effective motif is selecting various myths and historical/biblical stories to play over the entire book of changing times, styles, social mores, and attitudes as they have (+/-!) progressed from the Greeks to the 20th Century. Examples: Achilles and Patroclus, Jupiter and Ganymede, Castor and Pollux, Narcissus, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Orpheus post Eurydice, Plato's infamous school, Cain and Abel, St. Sebastian, David and Goliath, St. John and Baptist, Hercules and Antaeus, St Francis' ecstasy, and others. Fernandez illustrates how these myths and tales have been acceptable ways for artists to discuss same-sex love or even confessional metaphors. While the orientation of such masters as Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Cellini, and Canova is well known, the works of other artists through time leave suggestive calling cards in their approach to the male figures and story content of the sculptures, paintings, and drawings.
The book is divided into sections: A Language of Symbols, Greek Antiquity, Ancient Rome, Modern Uses for Greek Myths, The World of the Bible, Christianity, The Renaissance in Florence and Rome, Baroque Europe, The Far East, Neoclassical Europe, Nineteenth-Century Reactions, A Free World, Dictatorships, The Permissive Society, and a concluding section called Art, Lost and Found. The reproductions are exquisite, with particular emphasis on the splendid visualization of the many sculptures displayed - each freestanding without the fuss of setting that can be so distracting.
If there are negative aspects of this fine volume, they would be the lack of detail in contemporary art: The Permissive Society section is severely pared down to exclude more than it includes. If some of Fernandez' writing comes across as opinion rather than fact, then credit the man with at least having the courage to make a significant argument for his stance. For those who appreciate fine art books with the additional pleasure of opinion, this is a book that deserves attention. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, August 05
Decadence and beauty.......2004-01-01
I thought the book was excellent! It makes a gorgeous volume in an aesthete's library, the descriptions are useful and it is highly recomendable for art historians who want to know more about the vast taboo behind these magnanimuos paintings.
An Award Winning Masterpiece.......2003-12-06
A gorgeous coffee table book covering the scope of gay and lesbian history in the visual arts. By far the best book on the subject, it is insightful, comprehensive, and features crisp reproductions of nearly every significant work of visual art pertaining to the topic.Winner of a Lambda Literary Award.
My highest recommendation.
Nice pictures.......2002-11-06
This is a large and impressive coffee-table book. The artwork is reproduced in fine images, many in full page size. Unfortunately, the text is no where near as good. The author's opinions are neither well-researched nor documented. There is an abundance of proclaimations that have no basis. If you are looking for an intelligent and scholarly work on the representation of homosexuality in the history of art, then you should skip this book. Buy it for the pictures, not for the text.
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With 350 color illustrations and elegant and eminently readable prose, prize-winning French writer Fernandez describes the sometimes explicit and more often implicit presence of homosexuality in art. From Classical Greece and Rome, through Renaissance Europe and the Far East, to contemporary Western culture, homosexual artists have created erotically charged works that sneaked their way into religious settings, public displays, and private collections, with their intent often hidden beneath a mantle of religious iconography or political chauvinism. The artists examined include Michelangelo, Ingres, Eakins, and Warhol, among many others, all of whose works are placed in the context of their times and the prevailing sensibilities. A worthwhile purchase for gay studies and larger collections with developed fine arts collections.
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"No one in the twentieth century created more instantly recognizable images than Cartier-Bresson."—Denver Post
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was perhaps the finest and most influential image maker of the twentieth century, and his portraits are among his best-known work. Over a fifty year period, he photographed some of the most eminent personalities of the era, as well as ordinary people, chosen as subjects because of their striking and unusual features.
In 2003, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, which was created to provide a permanent home for his collected works, opened in Paris. This book is published to coincide with the first exhibition at the Fondation that is drawn entirely from those archives, and it features both well-known images and previously unpublished portraits.
Each portrait has been chosen because it perfectly embodies Cartier-Bresson's description of what he was attempting to communicate in his photographs: "I'm seeking above all an inner silence. I am trying to translate the personality and not an expression." The portraits reproduced here—discreet, without artifice, their subjects frozen in time—confirm once more the singular gift of Cartier-Bresson who instinctively knew in which revealing fraction of a second to click the shutter. 100 illustrations.
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"One More Tribute".......2007-07-31
Published to coincide with the opening in 2003 of the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson, which was created to house permanently the artist's collected works, AN INNER SILENCE is a joy to behold. There are 95 photographs reproduced here along with a self-portrait sketch of Cartier-Bresson and a quotation by him. Both curator Agnes Sire and philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy have written insightful, informative essays to accompany the photographs. Sire reminds us that the artist disliked being photographed-- ("Perhaps he felt the falseness of the situation")-- and tht he liked to work quickly, in the photographer's own words, to "'bite like a mosquito,'" in order to capture the inner silence of the subject.
But now to the photographs. There are shots here seen around the world of famous people: Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jean Genet, Christian Dior (one of my favorites), Francis Bacon, Roland Barthes (fantastic photograph), a very young and pensive Carson McCullers. William Faulkner (another favorite), Henri Matisse, a very youthful and handsome John Huston, Truman Capote, Albert Camus et al.
What is so amazing, however, about these photographs is that the shots of strangers are just as intriguing and engage the viewer as much as the images of the rich and/or famous or both. For example, "Mexico" (p. 49), "Jewish ghetto, Warsaw" (p. 47), "Egypt" (p. 39), "Paris" (p. 81), "Zurich" (p. 105), and "Los Angeles" (p. 107). I for one would like to know more about this young couple.
These photographs, like all great art, invite us to view them again and again. Shot in gorgeous available natural light, they remind us of just how harsh and often pedestrian flash photography can be.
Sire closes her essay by saying that "an exhibition of these encounters would not only be one more tribute to his talent [Cartier-Bresson], as a photographer, but more importantly, would allow many aspects of his being to shine, like so many firefires in a field, because the gaze of these portraits is his gaze, linked by the thread of the other." Beautifully spoken.
An eye that truly saw the inner silence . . ........2007-01-16
As you browse the millions of photos available on Flickr and other web photo sharing sites, it is apparent that most people wielding a camera do not - cannot - aspire to the special talent of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Renowned for capturing the "decisive moment," Cartier-Bresson was also a highly skilled portraitist. Ninety-seven of his portraints appear here accompanied by one mercifully short essay by Agnes Sire and a pretentious attempt at intepretating HCB by Jean-Luc Nancy. ("What HCB gave his subjects was an air, an aura, an allure; these portraits convery a manner, a disposition, a habitus, an ethos, a mood, a grace and a favour, a gaze and a gift; the gift he has given to them.")
Surprisingly, many of the portraits are formulaic, though this does not detract from their striking nature. A 1966 picture, titled simply "Zurich" embodies Cartier-Bresson's skills as a portraitist and the capturer of the "decisive moment". A wizened, old man in a three-piece suit carrying a briefcase is captured in mid-step . . . the gnome of Zurich. A portrait of Joan Miro captures, if not parodies, the stylized eye motif of his famous paintings. His portrait of Marilyn Monroe, on the other hand, simply captures a beautful woman but with none of the sensuality that Bert Stern and so many others caught. Perhaps Cartier-Bresson saw only a beautiful woman?
While I browsed, I wondered how much of the effect of these portraits depended on knowing the subects (i.e., Truman Capote, Samuel Becket and others who may be increasingly forgotten today), but then I happened upon "Vicksburg," a 1970s shot of an anonymous black woman.
That one shot alone establishes that Cartier-Bresson's unique photographic vision will leave on long after all of his famous subjects are forgotten.
Jerry
great just as expected from HCB.......2006-11-03
I'm not a great fan of portrait photography myself but this book takes it beyond genre boundaries.
Inner Silence.......2006-10-30
Never thought of HCB as a portraitist, but these are excellent images with a depth of style that is typical of his work.
In love..........2006-08-15
I am in love with HCB! This book is so beautiful, every picture is amazing. If you are a fan of portraiture this is a must! If you are a fan of HCB and you don't have a book of his yet, this is a beautiful edition to start with. It has all of his famous portraits including some that were not previously published. They are full page and on nice thick paper.
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Grendel Drago has been fatally contaminated with radiation. But a Grendel must die in battle, not in bed, so Drago prepares for his final mission -- he will kill the mysterious monster on the outskirts of town and die in the blaze of combat.
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Horrible reviews.......2005-06-14
First of all, most reviews on amazon are OK. I didn't wanna bother writing them, but after this I have to. I give this 3 stars (I only gave it 1 to balance other people's overrated grades). To the mo**n M. Vasiljevic. This is not a perfect explanation what happened to ex-Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia had 6 republics and Soviet Union had 12 or so. Soviet Union dissolved peacefully, but Yugoslavia didn't. The reason for that is that Serbia, who dominated the country politically and economically (just like Russia dominated ex Soviet Union) didn't want it to end, and started the war. After the 6 republics declared independency, Serbia attacked them. First Serbia attacked Slovenia, than Croatia and finally Bosnia. We didn't have the same language, plus 5 republics had roman letters, Serbs cyrillic, so M. Vasiljevic, you are an ignorant pr**k. The other thing is that people in Croatia are Catholics, Serbs are Orthodox, some people in Bosnia are muslims. Everybody didn't shoot at each other, Serbs shoot at everone.
Finally the story is for children, I'm sorry that I have to say, I'm from Zagreb, Croatia, and I wanted to give this 5, but I can't. The story is 1 star, illustrations are 4 stars. I can't rate this better. Most reviewers obviuosly grew up on fairy tales and claim this to be the best graphic novel ever like Borjan Komarica.
My advice for all of you - read Enki Bilal - the best one's are "The Hunting Party" and "The Beast Trilogy". Enki's stories and illustrations are 5 stars. His comic books are for mature readers. I'm 29, and I tought that most readers here are above 20, so I believed their reviews. After you are done with his comic books, then come back and review this again.
A perfect explanation for what happened on Balkans..........2005-04-15
...in 20th century. In this future situated book, there are clans who speak same language, have same religion but, however, keep backstabbing and shooting at each other.
The first story arc is about honorable warrior who is in quest of warrior's death because he is radiation poisoned.
The second part of the book is parable of what happened in ex Yugoslavia: they let people kill each other and then marched in as pacificators.
Although this is fictional book, you have all the tragedy of balkan people and their mentality.
This book is REALLY one of the best written, because it has no script: the script IS the truth that we witnessed.
amazing grace.......2005-02-20
and ease with which late edi biukovic drew a story, at its best. one of the most beautifully written and drawn comic books i have ever seen - and i have seen many, as i used to date a comic book store owner for years. i also knew edi in person. he was obsessed with framing and composition, and he actully SAW the story unravel like a movie in his head. out of all his works i prefer grendel tales, to the level of purchasing 3 original tables. if you like art in any of its many forms and fashions, you'll love this.
A must-have for your graphic novel collection........2003-07-23
The only excuse for you not to read this tale is for someone to say "oh heck, i'm not familiar with the characters and story behind Grendel". Well don't fret, neither am I. And that didn't effect me one bit in fully enjoying this moving, tour de force, graphic novel.
The story starts here and ends here. But your thoughts on it won't, atleast for another day or two. It's got everything to captivate you; a little bit of good humour, a lot action, and it's got it's share of dark moments.
It's about war, and properly portrayed too, i.e there really isn't any glory in it. How can it when lives are lost?
I have to admit this book is original and creative especially when you loook at 90% of all the other graphic novels put out in the comic market these days. This one rises high above the rest of all that trashy...and only few works of Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman can be compared to it.
a fiction so true to war, and true to Croatia.......2002-04-16
Grendel: Devils and Deaths is one of those great comic fictions (like Dark Knight and Watchmen) which reveal so much of the time and culture which produced them. The story takes place in an imagined distant future, but yet is so clearly about the hatreds and terror of the early 90s Balkan wars (its writer and artist are natives of Croatia).
I think what I love so much about this work is the constant mix of strength and weakness in the characters-- there are no supermen here. The boldest warriors are gripped with fear, the most murderous generals are not portrayed without sympathy, and even the most oppressed are not innocent. This is real life.
It is true to the Balkans, with its myriad factions, and also so true to Croatia-- the beautiful beaches Borna longs to see...
This work is sadly out of print, but hopefully not for long. Highly recommended.
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Addictive, violent and a damn good time!.......1999-04-16
Grendel Tales: Four Devils, One Hell is one of the most stunningly inventive comics I have ever read. While not by Grendel creator Matt Wagner, it is a flawless and absorbing return to the Grendel series. While not exactly the most ideal place for a newcomer to this series to begin, the storyline is easy to get into and hard to put down. This was actually my introduction to Grendel, and I was instantly engrossed by the tale of Mantovani, the hard bitten P.I., Gloria DeVere, the female art collector, Alfred Bixby, the psychotic and drug-crazed madman, and Calhoun, the cool and mysterious gambler who is not all he seems. This book is a must have for anybody even remotely interested in comic books, and for people who enjoy Grendel, it is essential. James Robinson weaves an intricate story that is beautifully realized by the painted art of Teddy Kristiansen. The only thing I can say is "wow". That and Vivat Grendel!
The electric, violent, and visceral return of Grendel........1999-03-12
The long-awaited return of the Grendel series kicked off with Four Devils: One Hell, the first arc to not be written by Grendel creator Matt Wagner. While lacking in the intensity of character marked by the previous Grendels, James Robinson weaves an interesting an exciting tale in the New Orleans of the future, more than augmented by the breathtaking artwork of Danish artist Teddy Kristiansen. Easily the best of the post-Wagner Grendel tales, and a great jumping on point for new readers.
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A lone Grendel warrior bent on suicide is found on the Antarctic coast by a team of scientists, and within hours, everything goes insane: the team gets cut off from the rest of the world, and one by one, they begin . . . bleeding. Now the Grendel who was so eager to kill himself must decide whether to help the others or end his own suffering. With only each other to rely on, and having no idea who will become infected and die next, the group becomes trapped in a deadly game of survival of the fittest! This fast-paced story of suspense is written by Steven T. Seagle (Uncanny X-Men, House of Secrets) and drawn by Paul Grist (Kane). Check out the tale that made them stars!
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More Grendel action.......2005-08-29
If you liked Grendel Warchild or even just GrendelPrime you will most likely find this a good story. It brings a bit more on what a grendels life is like. Some typical comic book stuff but as for the best part of the grendel series the human interactions are what make this series so memorable. Not all good but bringing home the gray of many situations. Personally I have yet to find a grendel story I didn't like but have read it since it first came out in monthly bits and stops. Enjoy.
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Collecting Devil Tracks and Devil Eyes, two acclaimed Hunter Rose stories by Grendel creator Matt Wagner that originally ran in the Comico Grendel series in 1988. These tales of corruption, paranoia, vengeance, and the Devil feature the bold, experimental storytelling that cemented Wagner`s reputation as one of the comics medium`s leading innovators. Story, art, and new cover painting by Matt Wagner, colors by Eisner award-nominee Bernie Mireault.
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While most of humanity has been decimated in the apocalypse, the hunger for sporting events survives and is stronger than ever! It's race time in Indianapolis, and the only thing hotter than the action on the track is the passion boiling outside of the stadium walls. Local Grendel chief Hack has his hands full. Between the volatile visiting Grendel clans tearing up the town, a mysterious vigilante on a Grendel-killing spree, and forces within his own clan that seek to depose him, there's little room for error or emotion. But when he feels himself falling for Dana, the city hospital's headstrong lead physician, he quickly finds things spiraling out of his control. And he's not the only one with problems. Dana's struggling with her delinquent son, desperately trying to keep him away from the very Grendel that she herself is growing ever attracted to. Something's gotta give, in this tragic tale of passion, love, and betrayal.
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The debut of an entire new story arc in Matt Wagner's ongoing Grendel Tales series, this issue begins the tale of Petrus Christus, the lone survivor of a town gruesomely massacred by a band of Grendels. In order to seek revenge, Petrus must himself adopt the mantle of Grendel -- but, unbeknownst to him, the price may be too terrible to pay!
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