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Giovanni Gastel: Masks and Ghosts
Germano Celant
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Description for Giovanni Gastel: Masks and Ghosts
Hardback. Beauty, lifes triumph, is fleeting. It heightens the bodys sublime aspect, but beneath its effigy lies the spectre of passing time, and so the figure beauty has within it the spectre of decay. In this work, the author challenges himself by confronting one of the deepest philosophical and literary themes. Editor(s): Celant, Germano. Num Pages: 168 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 462 x 298 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2920.
Beauty, life’s triumph, is fleeting. It heightens the body’s sublime aspect, but beneath its effigy lies the spectre of passing time, and so the figure beauty has within it the spectre of decay. Gastel, the great fashion photographer who has been portraying and exalting beauty for years, challenges himself in this work by confronting one of the deepest philosophical and literary themes. Characterised by a formal exactness, Gastel photography is an interweaving of experimentation and glamour: indeed he was the first to introduce “old mix” techniques, the “criss-cross” technique and pictorial reworking. The images in this catalogue demonstrate the direction ... Read more
Beauty, life’s triumph, is fleeting. It heightens the body’s sublime aspect, but beneath its effigy lies the spectre of passing time, and so the figure beauty has within it the spectre of decay. Gastel, the great fashion photographer who has been portraying and exalting beauty for years, challenges himself in this work by confronting one of the deepest philosophical and literary themes. Characterised by a formal exactness, Gastel photography is an interweaving of experimentation and glamour: indeed he was the first to introduce “old mix” techniques, the “criss-cross” technique and pictorial reworking. The images in this catalogue demonstrate the direction ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
2920g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Milan, Italy
ISBN
9788857203188
SKU
V9788857203188
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