Ian Hamilton Finlay : a visual primer / by Yves Abrioux ; with introductory notes and commentaries by Stephen Bann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrioux, Yves.

Contributor:

Bann, Stephen.

Finlay, Ian Hamilton.

Graeme Moore Collection of Ian Hamilton Finlay (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finlay, Ian Hamilton.

Arts.

Penn Provenance:

Moore, Graeme (former owner) (Moore Finlay Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 246 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Reaktion Books, 1985.

Contents:

Part I. 1. Stonypath: the garden and the temple / introduced by Stephen Bann. 2. Literacy traditional and modern / introduced by Stephen Bann. 3. Neoclassical / introduced by Stephen Bann

Part II. 1. What's in a name. 2. Near and far. 3. The Word. 4. Metaphor, Rhyme, Citation. 5. Civilizing Dada. 6. The Destructive Element. 7. Hieroglyph, Allegory, Portrait. 8. Neopresocratic. 9. Sundials. 10. Et in Arcadia Ego. 11. Sublimity, Terror, Awe.

Notes:

"First published 1985."

"The 'Primer' is divided into two parts, preceded by Biographical Notes. Part I is almost exclusively visual. It opens with an extended selection of photographs ... of what remains Finlay's prime achievement - the Garden and Temple at Little Sparta, Stonypath in southern Scotland ... Part II of the book consists of an illustrated essay built round a number or more or less familiar notions: aura, citation, rhetoric, metaphor, image and allegory, the sublime ... It touches on Finlay's relationship with different art forms (sculpture, photography, portrait painting, etc.) and aesthetic movements (cubism, dada, neoclassicism, the idea of the avant-garde)."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Moore Finlay Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 2012 from Graeme Moore.

Moore Finlay Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0948462000 :

OCLC:

16713789