Georgia Orsquo;Keeffe (Sun Prarie; Wisconsin; 1887 ndash; Santa Fe; 1986)En 1905; Georgia Orsquo;Keeffe suivit des cours agrave; lrsquo; Art Institute de Chicago et deacute;buta seacute;rieusement sa carriegrave;re artistique. Elle srsquo;installa ensuite agrave; New York et srsquo;inscrivit agrave; lrsquo;Art Students League School.Georgia adorait les cours de nature morte dispenseacute;s par le fringant William Merritt Chase; un des professeurs qui lrsquo;influencegrave;rent durant cette peacute;riode. Elle freacute;quenta la galerie 291 et y rencontra son futur mari; le photographe; Alfred Stieglitz. Durant lrsquo;eacute;teacute; 1912; elle suivit des cours agrave; lrsquo;universiteacute; de Virginie aupregrave;s drsquo;Alon Bement qui recourait agrave; une meacute;thode reacute;volutionnaire pour enseigner lrsquo;art; imagineacute;e par Arthur Wesley Dow. Les eacute;legrave;ves ne copiaient pas meacute;caniquement la nature; mais se voyaient enseigner les principes du dessin baseacute; sur les formes geacute;omeacute;triques. Ils srsquo;exerccedil;aient agrave; diviser un carreacute;; dessiner au coeur drsquo;un cercle ou encore placer un rectangle autour drsquo;un dessin; puis organiser la composition en lrsquo;agenccedil;ant par lrsquo;ajout ou lrsquo;eacute;limination drsquo;eacute;leacute;ments. Georgia trouva que cette meacute;thode confeacute;rait une structure agrave; lrsquo;art et lrsquo;aidait agrave; comprendre les bases de lrsquo;abstraction. Au deacute;but de lrsquo;anneacute;e 1925; Stieglitz exposa les artistes encourageacute;s agrave; lrsquo;eacute;poque du 291. Crsquo;est au cours de cette exposition que les peintures geacute;antes de fleurs de Georgia Orsquo;Keeffe; destineacute;es agrave; faire prendre conscience de la nature; furent preacute;senteacute;es pour la premiegrave;re fois. Les critiques acclamegrave;rent cette nouvelle maniegrave;re de voir. Elle deacute;testait cependant les connotations sexuelles que les gens associaient agrave; ses toiles; en particulier agrave; ce moment des anneacute;es 1920 ougrave; les theacute;ories freudiennes commenccedil;aient agrave; ressembler agrave; ce que nous appellerions aujourdrsquo;hui de la laquo;psychologie de bazar raquo;.Lrsquo;heacute;ritage que Georgia laisse derriegrave;re elle est une vision unique qui traduit la complexiteacute; de la nature en formes simples. Elle nous enseigne qursquo;il y a de la poeacute;sie dans la nature et de la beauteacute; dans la geacute;omeacute;trie.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Minimalist its not; just short of real insightBy David W. JenkinsI must admit to be being a bit disappointed with the text and layout of the book. The photo and their examination in the text is really quite inspiring and gives a much better insight into a minimalist approach. But then the book could have been a lot shorter.The first 70+ pages are a bit of an overview of photographic technique. Stuff youd expect to find in a beginners into to photography; and then not very much detail; (minimal?); and certainly no real help in translating those terms; settings and techniques into a minimalist photo philosophy. And yet another tour through the beginnings; development and current state of play of digital photography. I really think its time to move on past counting bytes; explaining pixels; and choosing FX or DX formats.Take all that sort of beginner overview out and the book is now incredibly thin. One almost gets the feel that the text was written to conform to a word count and they or the author just kept adding text until the numbers matched.However the upside is the photos; the details about them; and how that translates into the authors approach are really quite excellent. Some relatively thought provoking; and some downright eye catching.I was hoping for a really inspiring look at minimalist photography with text to match the ideas.Ive rated it lower because the basic photo overview is irrelevant to the task at hand. There are better books that cover basic topics.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Fresh Perspective.By CustomerI was quite taken with the authors perspective on what he sees in the future for photography. I also liked the fact that he cautioned that what he believes will happen may not be and probably Isnt totally correct.The book goes into the history of photographic trends and the whys and wherefore of those trends. I found it most informative and believe it provided me good advice as I carry on my own journey with a camera and a vision. I truly hope it opened my eyes to new and exciting ways to express myself in the visual arts.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good addition to photo book libraryBy ediThere were some good ideas and philosophies in this book. It gave me some things to think about working on. Will it make me a better photographer? Maybe. Unfortunately; with a limited income from my photography business; the cost of the book makes me feel; after reading it; that I probably shouldnt have spent the money.
