| Description |
152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface 6 -- -- -- Acknowledgments 9 -- -- -- Introduction 10 -- -- -- 1 THE EARLY YEARS 14 -- -- -- 2 THE 1940s 34 -- -- -- 3 THE ROMANTIC BALLET 56 -- -- -- 4 THE MEDICI SERIES 68 -- -- -- 5 PORTRAITS OF WOMEN 78 -- -- -- 6 THE AVIARY SERIES 88 -- -- -- 7 THE 1950s-THE COSMOGONY OF CORNELL 104 -- -- -- 8 EXPERIMENTS IN FILM 120 -- -- -- 9 THE LATE COLLAGES 126 -- -- -- Conclusion 138 -- -- -- Notes 141 |
| Summary |
"Out of the fantasies that enriched a private, often reclusive life, Joseph Cornell created a "poetic theater of memory." His box constructions and collages feature such characters as a Medici princess, birds, ballerinas, and movie stars. Using the seemingly commonplace materials that he collected in five-and-dime stores and other shops in New York City - cordial glasses, mirrors, marbles, and maps among them - along with clippings from books and magazines, childhood games, and Victorian illustrations, Cornell beckons us into a world at once distantly magical and tantalizingly, nostalgically "home."" |
| Notes |
Paperback edition published 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Cornell, Joseph, 1903-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cornell, Joseph.
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Cornell, Joseph -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Artists -- United States -- Biography.
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Surrealism -- United States.
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Collage, American.
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Artists -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Sculptors -- Biography.
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Sculptors.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Cornell, Joseph.
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| LC no. |
2001056610 |
| ISBN |
0810912279 |
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