In the years immediately following World War II; Black Mountain College; an unaccredited school in rural Appalachia; became a vital hub of cultural innovation. Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time there: Merce Cunningham; Ray Johnson; Franz Kline; Willem and Elaine de Kooning; Robert Motherwell; Robert Rauschenberg; Dorothea Rockburne; Aaron Siskind; Cy Twomblymdash;the list goes on and on. Yet scholars have tended to view these artistsrsquo; time at the College as little more than prologue; a step on their way to greatness. With The Experimenters; Eva Diacute;az reveals the importance of Black Mountain Collegemdash;and especially of three key teachers; Josef Albers; John Cage; and R. Buckminster Fullermdash;to be much greater than that.Diacute;azrsquo;s focus is on experimentation. Albers; Cage; and Fuller; she shows; taught new models of art making that favored testing procedures rather than personal expression. These methodologies represented incipient directions for postwar art practice; elements of which would be sampled; and often wholly adopted; by Black Mountain students and subsequent practitioners. The resulting works; which interrelate art and life in a way that imbues these projects with crucial relevance; not only reconfigured the relationships among chance; order; and designmdash;they helped redefine what artistic practice was; and could be; for future generations.Offering a bold; compelling new angle on some of the most widely studied creative figures of modern times; The Experimenters does nothing less than rewrite the story of art in the mid-twentieth century.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful selection of SongsBy KateI really love this book. I played piano for 9 years when I was a kid and I have recently started getting back into it. This book has pretty arrangements that arent too hard for me. The songs in this book are:Silent NightO Little Town of BethlehemO Come; O Come; EmmanuelI Saw Three ShipsStill; Still; Still; Up on the HousetopIt Came Upon the Midnight ClearThe Frist NoelWe Wish You a Merry ChristmasIf you are an excellent piano player; this book will be too easy for you. But if you are intermediate; I think it is a great choice.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Nice bookBy Whitney CahoonThis is a nice book of piano arrangements for Christmas time. The arrangements are a little long and some of the key changes in the songs are abrupt and feel out of place. But it works great as background music. Wouldnt really use the arrangements as solo performance material.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy BonBonBought as requested gift.
