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Miró: El pintor de las estrellas (Biblioteca ilustrada)
The books in this wonderfully diverse series cover topics such as archaeology, art, culture, history, literature, science, and religion in a dynamic and informative way. The texts are bolstered by rigorous historical information and accompanied by vibrant photographs and boxes that summarize key points. All of the volumes in this collection are a thorough introduction to the subject being discussed. An ideal introduction to the joyful visual world of Joan Miró, this book offers a biographical overview of one of the 20th century’s greatest and most beloved artists, one whose pictorial language was appropriated by a gamut of modernist causes and avant-gardists. With more than 100 full-color reproductions, this book surveys not only the paintings for which Miró is most famed, but also his equally innovative experiments in other realms, such as ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, and stage design. Miró's contagious sense of play and pleasure is perfectly represented in this introductory biography.
Los libros en esta serieÌýmaravillosamente diversa abordan temas como la arqueologÃa, el arte, la cultura, la historia, la literatura, la ciencia y la religión de una manera dinámica e informativa. Los textos son reforzados por datos históricos rigurosos y se acompañan de fotografÃas vibrantes y cuadros sinópticos. Todos los volúmenes en esta colección son una introducción exhaustiva al tema que se expone.Ìý Una introducción ideal al jovial mundo visual de Joan Miró, este libro ofrece un resumen biográfico de uno de los mejores y más queridos artistas del siglo XX cuyo lenguaje pictórico fue apropiado por una gama de causas modernas y vanguardistas. Con más de 100 reproducciones a todo color, este libro contempla no tan sólo las pinturas por las cuales Miró es famoso, sino que también sus experimentos igualmente innovadores en otras áreas, tales como la cerámica, el grabado, la escultura y el diseño de escenario. El sentido de juego y placer tan contagioso de Miró está perfectamente representado en esta biografÃa introductoria.
Los libros en esta serieÌýmaravillosamente diversa abordan temas como la arqueologÃa, el arte, la cultura, la historia, la literatura, la ciencia y la religión de una manera dinámica e informativa. Los textos son reforzados por datos históricos rigurosos y se acompañan de fotografÃas vibrantes y cuadros sinópticos. Todos los volúmenes en esta colección son una introducción exhaustiva al tema que se expone.Ìý Una introducción ideal al jovial mundo visual de Joan Miró, este libro ofrece un resumen biográfico de uno de los mejores y más queridos artistas del siglo XX cuyo lenguaje pictórico fue apropiado por una gama de causas modernas y vanguardistas. Con más de 100 reproducciones a todo color, este libro contempla no tan sólo las pinturas por las cuales Miró es famoso, sino que también sus experimentos igualmente innovadores en otras áreas, tales como la cerámica, el grabado, la escultura y el diseño de escenario. El sentido de juego y placer tan contagioso de Miró está perfectamente representado en esta biografÃa introductoria.
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144 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2013
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Joan Miró
241Ìýbooks17ÌýfollowersJoan Miró (Barcelona 1893 - Palma 1983). Nascut al Passatge del crédit, els seus paisatges emocionals, els que el formaran com a persona i artista, són sobretot Mont-roig, ParÃs, Mallorca i més tard Nova York i el Japó. Mont-roig, una petita població de la comarca del Baix Camp, serà el contrapunt de l’agitació intel·lectual que viu a ParÃs als anys vint al costat dels poetes surrealistes, i de l’estÃmul de l’expressionisme abstracte que descobreix a Nova York als anys quaranta. Més endavant, en plena Segona Guerra Mundial, Joan Miró deixarà l’exili a França i s’instal·larà a Palma, espai de refugi i de treball, on el seu amic Josep LluÃs Sert dissenyarà el taller que sempre havia somiat. L’arrelament al paisatge de Mont-roig primer i al de Mallorca després serà determinant en la seva obra. El vincle amb la terra i l’interès pels objectes quotidians i per l’entorn natural seran el rerefons d’algunes de les seves investigacions tècniques i formals. Miró fuig de l’academicisme, a la cerca constant d’una obra global i pura, no adscrita a cap moviment determinat. Contingut en les maneres i en les manifestacions públiques, és a través del fet plà stic on Joan Miró mostra la seva rebel·lia i una gran sensibilitat pels esdeveniments polÃtics i socials que l’envolten. Aquest contrast de forces és el que el portarà a crear un llenguatge únic i personalÃssim que el situa com un dels artistes més influents del segle XX.
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February 2, 2018
Although Joan Miró’s name is hardly less known than that of DalÃ’s or even Picasso’s, his art seems strikingly less popular. I have been told by several people that they cannot appreciate it. And, indeed, I was often left cold by the works I had seen in the Reina Sofia—some of which seems to confirm every negative stereotype about modern art. But I wanted to give Miró another chance; so I visited the Fundació Miró in Barcelona, and read this book.
One of the most difficult tasks before any young artist is to develop her voice. By “voice� I mean many things: style, philosophy, identity, themes, and so on, which taken together make an artists work immediately recognizable as hers. In a word, this requires originality. One might be inclined to think that originality is the easiest thing to achieve—being the natural product of everyone’s differences. But to produce a deeply original work—one that could not have been produced by anybody else—is anything but easy. Artistic voice emerges in a dialectical process with one’s influences, as they are first mastered and then synthesized, until gradually something appears which cannot be traced to any influence.
This process is most easily seen among painters. And it is wonderfully illustrated in Miró, whose work incorporated fauvism, surrealism, and cubism. But it wasn’t only artistic trends that shaped the young painter. He was deeply inspired by natural sights—particularly the countryside near Montroig (near the city of Tarragona, in his ancestral Catalonia). The voice that Miró developed through his formative experiences and influences is unmistakable—displaying a sensibility for forms and color that no other artist could replicate. And consequently one feels, upon entering the Fundació Miró, the same way one feels upon entering the Dalà Museum in Figueres—that one is entering a new visual universe that obeys different laws.
In short, I have come to enjoy Miró’s work far more than I had. I find in it a sense of playfulness, and sometimes a sense of peacefulness, that is deeply appealing; and I enjoy watching his manipulation of forms shift throughout his work, while remaining recognizably Miró, like a theme and variations. But I still must admit that it does not affect me very deeply. My appreciation, in other words, is more intellectual than emotional. And I think that would have suited Miró just fine.
This little book is full of glossy pictures and does an excellent job in covering the different phases of Miró’s career.
One of the most difficult tasks before any young artist is to develop her voice. By “voice� I mean many things: style, philosophy, identity, themes, and so on, which taken together make an artists work immediately recognizable as hers. In a word, this requires originality. One might be inclined to think that originality is the easiest thing to achieve—being the natural product of everyone’s differences. But to produce a deeply original work—one that could not have been produced by anybody else—is anything but easy. Artistic voice emerges in a dialectical process with one’s influences, as they are first mastered and then synthesized, until gradually something appears which cannot be traced to any influence.
This process is most easily seen among painters. And it is wonderfully illustrated in Miró, whose work incorporated fauvism, surrealism, and cubism. But it wasn’t only artistic trends that shaped the young painter. He was deeply inspired by natural sights—particularly the countryside near Montroig (near the city of Tarragona, in his ancestral Catalonia). The voice that Miró developed through his formative experiences and influences is unmistakable—displaying a sensibility for forms and color that no other artist could replicate. And consequently one feels, upon entering the Fundació Miró, the same way one feels upon entering the Dalà Museum in Figueres—that one is entering a new visual universe that obeys different laws.
In short, I have come to enjoy Miró’s work far more than I had. I find in it a sense of playfulness, and sometimes a sense of peacefulness, that is deeply appealing; and I enjoy watching his manipulation of forms shift throughout his work, while remaining recognizably Miró, like a theme and variations. But I still must admit that it does not affect me very deeply. My appreciation, in other words, is more intellectual than emotional. And I think that would have suited Miró just fine.
This little book is full of glossy pictures and does an excellent job in covering the different phases of Miró’s career.
September 26, 2021
No puc pensar en un altre pintor que defineixi millor la cultura mediterrà nia i Catalunya. Miró, tot i que tingui obres de dubtosa qualitat, és per a mi un geni per molts incomprès.
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