Forms of Enchantment
Writings on Art & Artists
$44.36
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2024
Summary
An anthology of compelling essays by Marina Warner, one of our pre-eminent writers and critics.
Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists - with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500295960 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0500295964 |
| Author: | Marina Warner |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 654g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 154mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
‘A trove of insight and erudition, lightly worn as ever, and provide a vision of a new aesthetics that is refreshingly optimistic’ - The Times Literary Supplement
‘What stands out in this work is the depth of [Warner’s] engagement: she does not simply look hard at each artist’s work but interrogates hard too. Her approach is more philosophical and psychological than art historical, and what draws her to her subjects is their storytelling’ - RA Magazine
Marina Warner
Marina Warner’s study of the Arabian Nights, Stranger Magic (2011) won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2013; in 2015 she was awarded the Holberg Prize in the Arts and Humanities and was made DBE. She is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, a Fellow of the British Academy and President of the Royal Society of Literature.
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