Screen LibraryThe sun : source of light in art /
For as long as humans have been making art, they have turned to the sun as the source of light, warmth and life itself. It appears as a symbol of limitless power, as the personification of gods and of Christ, and as a harbinger of change. Artists have also used the sun as a means of exploring light...
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Prestel Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Munich ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Museum Barberini publication series
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For as long as humans have been making art, they have turned to the sun as the source of light, warmth and life itself. It appears as a symbol of limitless power, as the personification of gods and of Christ, and as a harbinger of change. Artists have also used the sun as a means of exploring light and color and as an entrée into discussions about climate. The first of its kind, this book investigates visual representations of the sun from antiquity to the present day. It is divided into seven roughly chronological sections that look at both epoch-spanning and period specific examples, including symbolic, allegorical representations, the iconography of mythological subjects, and mimetic qualities such as typology, phenomenology, and emotional effect. It includes more than two hundred stunning reproductions of well- and lesser-known works of art. Incisive and enlightening texts explore how solar symbolism figured in pre-Christian objects; through 17th-century depictions of the ?Sun King? Louis XIV; how artists such as Rubens and Monet employed the sun in their narrative paintings; how the Impressionists first investigated the sun's effects on a landscape; how Neo-Impressionists such as Seurat experimented with color, based on the Newtonian analysis of the solar spectrum; and how 20th-century artists incorporated a broad array of abstract, surrealistic, and transformative modes of solar representation into a variety of media.00Exhibition: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany (25.02. - 11.06.2023). |
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Catalogue of an exhibition held at Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 14 September 2022-29 January 2023; and at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, 25 February-11 June 2023. Also published in French by Éditions Hazan, ©2022, under the title: Face au soleil : un astre dans les arts; and in German by Prestel Verlag, ©2023, under the title: Sonne : die Quelle des Lichts in der Kunst. "Published in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of Monet's 1872 painting, Sunrise, this unique and illuminating exhibition catalog reaches throughout history to explore how artist have incorporated the sun as a reference point and as inspiration in their art.For as long as humans have been making art, they have turned to the sun as the source of light, warmth and life itself. It appears as a symbol of limitless power, as the personification of gods and of Christ, and as a harbinger of change. Artists have also used the sun as a means of exploring light and color and as an entrée into discussions about climate.The first of its kind, this catalog investigates visual representations of the sun from antiquity to the present day. It is divided into seven roughly chronological sections that look at both epoch-spanning and period specific examples, including symbolic, allegorical representations, the iconography of mythological subjects, and mimetic qualities such as typology, phenomenology, and emotional effect. It includes more than two hundred stunning reproductions of well- and lesser-known works.Incisive and enlightening texts explore how solar symbolism figured in pre-Christian objects through 17th-century depictions of the "Sun King" Louix XIV; how artists such as Rubens and Monet employed the sun in their narrative paintings; how the Impressionists first investigated the sun's effects on a landscape; how Neo-Impressionist such as Seurat experimented with color based on the Newtonian analysis of the solar spectrum; and how 20th-century artists incorporated a broad array of abstract, surrealistic, and transformative modes of solar representation into a variety of media."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-283). |
| ISBN: |
9783791379654 3791379658 9783791379647 379137964X 9782754112864 2754112863 9783791390925 3791390929 9783791390918 3791390910 |
| Index Number: | N8251 |
| CLC: | J150.09-28 |
| Call Number: | J150.09-28/S957 |
| Contents: | Foreword / Ortrud Westheider and Érik Desmazières -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders -- Essays. A star with a face: the physiognomy of the sun from antiquity to the Eighteenth century / Michael Phlipp -- Bright light on the horizon: Images of the sun in landscape painting from Altdorfer to Turner / Nils Büttner -- Ruling like the sun: Political dimensions of a metaphor from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth century / Hendrik Ziegler -- Seeing the sun: Insight, blindness, impression / Michael F. Zimmermann -- Liminal physical experience and artistic transgression: Gazing at the sun in modern art / Matthias Krüger -- Catalog of exhibited works / with contributions by Matthias Krüger, Michael Philipp, Helene von Saldern, and Ortrud Westheider -- The unconquered god: Personification -- From Helios to allegory: Embodiment -- Symbol of rulership: From Alexander to Napoleon -- The chariot of the sun: Apollo -- Fall of the highfliers: Myth -- Youthful arrogance: Phaëthon -- Overconfident longing: Icarus -- Dethronement: Biblical interpretation -- Star from God's hand: Genesis -- Cosmic witness: Crucifixion -- The power of the constellation: Esotericism -- The children of the sun: Astrology -- The sun as trump: Tarot -- The splendor of the sun: Alchemy -- The sun in view: Humanity and the universe -- A felt closeness: Vision and epiphany -- Signs of the divine: Symbolic power -- Brother sun: St. Francis of Assisi -- Looking at the sky: Astronomy -- Cosmic observation: Early science -- Solar phenomena: Photography and drawing -- Fiery matter: Close-up view -- Facing the sun: Landscapes -- A shimmer on the horizon: Twilight -- Primary colors: The new age -- Energy: Cosmos and spirit -- Intense radiance: Color -- Autonomous color: Expressionism -- Bright circle: Reduction to form -- Appendix. Eye of the golden day: The sun in literature / compiled by Michael Philipp. |