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Informationen zum Autor Jorge Daniel Veneciano is the director of the Sheldon Museum of Art. He is the coeditor of Fabulous Harlequin: ORLAN and the Patchwork Self (Nebraska, 2010) and the editor of Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture, and Activism and Play's the Thing: Reading the Art of Jun Kaneko. Klappentext Jorge Daniel Veneciano is the director of the Sheldon Museum of Art. He is the coeditor of Fabulous Harlequin: ORLAN and the Patchwork Self (Nebraska, 2010) and the editor of Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture, and Activism and Play¿s the Thing: Reading the Art of Jun Kaneko. Zusammenfassung Inspired by the Sheldon Museum of Art's holdings in geometric abstraction! this book introduces adventurous new thinking about a visual approach that has captivated both artists and viewers for more than a century. Four richly illustrated essays explore the European genesis of geometric abstraction! its translation into an American context! and its current direction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Dreaming in Geometric Abstraction Jorge Daniel VenecianoPenumbral Geometry, Part 1: Staging Abstraction "Impeccable Order": Geometric Abstraction in Historical Perspective Sharon KennedyIlluminated Geometry, Part 1: The Tradition Euclidean Geometry, Part 1: The Linear The Crisis in Geometry Peter HalleyPenumbral Geometry, Part 2: Afro Geo Euclidean Geometry, Part 2: The SolidsNew Directions in Geometric Abstraction Jeremy Gilbert-RolfePenumbral Geometry, Part 3: Soft Geometry The Geometric Unconscious and the Esoteric Life of Modern Art Jorge Daniel VenecianoIlluminated Geometry, Part 2: The Light Euclidean Geometry, Part 3: Constructivist Solids Checklist of the Exhibition List of Contributions Index of Artists and Works
