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Informationen zum Autor Dore Ashton is Professor of Art History at the Cooper Union and author or editor of 30 books on art and culture including The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning ! A Critical Study of Philip Guston ! and A Fable of Modern Art ! available from University of California Press. Klappentext An art history professor and author or editor of 30 books on art and culture maps the life of Japanese-American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) and his spiritual journey, both in the events of his life and in the milestones of his art--the sculptures, gardens, public spaces, and stage decors that gained force and significance from Noguchi's double heritage. Photographs. Zusammenfassung The life of the Japanese-American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was an unending spiritual and physical voyage between the two cultures of his birthright. In this definitive biography and critical study, Dore Ashton maps Noguchi's spiritual journey both in the events of his life and in the milestones of his art: the sculptures, gardens, public spaces, and stage decors that gained force and significance from his double heritage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Early Wander-Years The Search for Old Japan Toward a Theater of Two Worlds From Private to Public and Back A "Migratory Ulysses" A Crucial Journey The Tradition of the Ever New and Ever Old Pilgrim and Missionary The Way Back: Paris and New York The World in a Single Sculpture Great Beginnings and Grand Projects Cosmos out of Chaos Toward the Resolution of Spaces "We Are a Landscape of All We Know" Last Metaphors Conclusion Chronology Sources Bibliography Index A color insert, with special photographs by Denise Brown Hare
