Edward Hopper light and dark /

"In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold...

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Main Author: Souter, Gerry
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Parkstone International, [2012]
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:"In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold colours and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper's paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions (etchings, watercolours, and oil-on-canvas paintings), as well as thematic and artistic analysis, the author sheds new light on the enigmatic and tortured world of this outstanding figure"--
Physical Description:199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.