books by The Museum of Modern Art, New York     books:       Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture5 reviews Robert Venturi "The Museum of Modern Art, New York", 1977 Gateway towards looking at architecture I had to read this book for a class specifically regarding Robert Venturi and the postmodernism movement that he became a leading proponent of. However, this book is NOT a manifesto for a postmodern vacabulary- rather, this book looks at all architecture from the Parthenon to the common family home. Let me say that I have read many architectural theory books, but nothing that really inspired me ...             The Family Of Man26 reviews The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 Perhaps the best photographic book ever published I first found this book at Foyle's in London, about 35 years ago, and it struck me. Since then, I bought five copies of the Family of Man, but no one remained in my home, because ever I felt the need to give this book to someone I loved or trusted. What is making this book so precious to me? First the idea itself of collecting pictures from the whole world (remember, when Steichen launched his ...             Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night Sjaar van Heugten, Joachim Pissarro, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 Throughout his career, Vincent van Gogh attempted the paradoxical task of representing night through color and tonality. His procedure followed the trend set by the Impressionists of "translating" visual light effects with various color combinations, yet this goal was grafted onto his desire to interweave the visual and the metaphorical in order to produce fresh and original works of art. These different artistic concerns found themselves ...             Home Delivery Ken Tadashi Oshima, Rasmus Waern The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 As the world's population swells and the need for sustainable ways of living grows ever more urgent and obvious, prefabricated architecture has taken center stage. Even before our current predicaments, the mass-produced, factory-made home had a distinguished history, having served as a vital precept in the development of Modern architecture. Today, with the digital revolution reorganizing the relationship between drafting board and factory, it ...             Drawing Now: Eight Propositions6 reviews Kai Althoff, Laura Hoptman, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 Provocative Survey The catalogue that accompanies the Drawing Now exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art is just as well thought and carefully crafted. The show is divided into eight themes that bring a solid foundation to a wide scope of works. Each section in the catalogue begins with an insightful essay further developing the rich ideas behind the show. The beautiful illustrations and large format of the ...             Kirchner and the Berlin Street1 review Deborah Wye, Ernst Kirchner The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 When the street becomes art The catalogue for a small exhibition at the Moma centered on a famous body of works painted by Kirchner in 1913-1914 depicting street scenes in Berlin, this book is divided into two chapters: chapter one explains the meaning of these scenes (the importance of urban life, the presence of the female figure as the main character - are these women passers-by, shoppers, prostitutes?)and their explicit ...             The Photographer's Eye10 reviews John Szarkowski The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 A good overview of B&W photography I like collections of photos by many different artists, and this book has a good number of diverse pre-1970 photos to browse. There is a minimum of text and that is fine with me. The book's main contribution is that it suggests a means of systematizing photography, by frame, subject, time, details and other aspects, and as such provides a compelling jumping off point from which the aspiring ...             Design and the Elastic Mind1 review Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Peter Hall, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 Interesting book This book is a very useful compendium, and a help to better understand what seen in the MoMA Expo. I liked the expo, and I like more the book.             Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years4 reviews Kynaston McShine, Lynne Cooke, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 STUNNING This book is a stunning collection of Richard Serra's work over the years. Truly an American master. I am always intrigued by the choice to do Serra in black and white, but it works. I consider this book an essential addition to my collection of art texts.             Martin Puryear3 reviews John Elderfield, Elizabeth Reede, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 This artist gives me hope for our world. Being at the opening of this show at moma was an amazingly wonderful and magical evening. Went to the very exciting opening of this show in NYC and it was truly uplifting to my soul, a very inspired exhibit!! Emotional content mixed with organic elements of expression. Amazing accomplishment. He is a 30 year ago Art school friend of my friend. For me it was like a immensely large tree ...             Winogrand: Figments From The Real World4 reviews John Szarkowski The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003 Winogrand: Figments from the Real World Gary Winogrand came out of the generation of street photography inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson that included Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, and Joel Meyerowitz. He worked at framing the "decisive moment" as he filled his black and white composition with split-second accuracy and detail. His subjects are caught mid-flight in candid moments of personal introspection, or engaged in ...             The Felix Candela Lectures The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006 Since 1997, the Structural Engineers Association of New York and The Museum of Modern Art, together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University, have hosted a lecture series in honor of the structural engineer Felix Candela, who led the early exploration of tensile shell structures. This book compiles the first eight of those lectures, which were given by some of the most prominent structural engineers working today. ...             Georges Seurat: The Drawings6 reviews Jodi Hauptman, Karl Buchberg, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 The unknown side of a master This is a wonderful book, published to accompany the current exhibition at the MOMA in New York. High-quality illustrations with some close-ups of details (the texture of the paper even gives the reader the impression of holding an actual drawing because it resembles the grainy Michallet paper Seurat used) show how Seurat considered drawing an art form in its own right: some drawings are studies ...             Color Chart Ann Temkin, Briony Fer, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 Color Chart addresses the impact of standardized, mass-produced color on the art of the past 60 years. Taking the commercial color chart as its central metaphor, this volume chronicles an important artistic shift that took place during the middle of the twentieth century: a frank acknowledgment of color as a matter-of-fact element rather than a vehicle of spiritual or emotional content. Collected here are more than 40 artists who explore in ...             Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting10 reviews Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 A great artist thumbs his nose at high art A lot of words been written lately about the ýunexpected revival of paintingý fueled by the current Gerhardt Richter painting retrospective captured in this book. It seems, according to some influential art scribes writing in the trail of this traveling exhibition, that the much heralded demise of painting, much like Mark Twainýs death, has been greatly exaggerated. Showcasing about 120 works ...             Design Encyclopedia, The1 review Mel Byars The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2004 At second glance When I first received this, I fanned through it and was disappointed. I was expecting to see huge glossy photographs of fantastic works of art and all I could see was a whole lot of text. I set it aside. Later, I opened it again and this time I went through it more slowly. I was wrong. The images are smaller than I had anticipated but the book is filled with them and the text is ...             Dali & Film Dawn Ades, Montse Aguer, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 Salvador Dali was one of the most famous--and one of the most notorious--artists of the twentieth century, recognized as much in the popular imagination for his flamboyant personal style and his penchant for showmanship as for his groundbreaking artworks in many media. Dali & Film investigates, for the first time in depth, the part played by film as a key influence on Dali's art, as well as his extensive involvement in film-based projects. ...             Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills9 reviews Peter Galassi The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003 This book shows what is great about Cindy Sherman At first glance, you might see ordinary, banal photos that resemble out takes from studio stills. Look deeper and you will see works of genius that expose a new way of seeing and exploring the inner self that have been highly influential in the art world. This book has the images that started it all for Cindy Sherman and for that reason, you should start with this book if you want to learn ...             Matisse Picasso4 reviews Anne Baldassari, Elizabeth Cowling, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 Whew! Huge, very heavy book of almost 400 pages. Wonderful reproductions in color of their work, and, for the most part, easily understood prose. I think I learned a lot. I know I learned that I like Picasso better than Matisse, whom I found to be basically cold and severe, too intellectual in his art. How he was personally this book does not say. You do get a little more sense of Picasso than ...             Jasper Johns: A Retrospective2 reviews Roberta Bernstein, Lilian Tone, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006 A magnificent retrospective of this great artist's life work Did you miss the Johns retrospective at NY MOMA? This book captures the essence of an American Michaelangelo. Subjective? You bet! If you have even the slightest interest in modern art your library is not complete without this retrospective. The many color and b&w photographs are superb, and it is accompanied by a solid chronology of Mr. Johns's life. Emphasis is on original works, but ...              search for books architecture, candela, complete, complexity, contradiction, delivery, drawing, drawings, elastic, encyclopedia, figments, georges, gerhard, jasper, kirchner, lectures, matisse, painting, photographer, picasso, propositions, puryear, retrospective, richard, richter, sculpture, sherman, untitled, venturi, winogrand books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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