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{"id":7396440932441,"title":"Transatlantic Encounters — Greet '93","handle":"transatlantic-encounters-greet-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Michele Greet, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn unprecedented and comprehensive survey of Latin American artists in interwar Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Paris was the artistic capital of the world in the 1920s and ’30s, providing a home and community for the French and international avant-garde, whose experiments laid the groundwork for artistic production throughout the rest of the century. 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Transatlantic Encounters — Greet '93
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By Michele Greet, Class of 1993 An unprecedented and comprehensive survey of Latin American artists in interwar Paris Paris was the artistic capital of the world in the 1920s and ’30s, providing a home and community for the French and international avant-garde, whose experiments laid the groundwork for artistic production throughout the rest of ...
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{"id":7071591006297,"title":"Flowers for Lisa — Morell '71, H '97","handle":"flowers-for-lisa-morell-71-h-97","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Abelardo Morell, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white photographs of books, photographer Abelardo Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlowers for Lisa\u003c\/em\u003e emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa, a photograph of flowers on her birthday. “Flowers are part of a long tradition of still life in art,” writes Morell. “Precisely because flowers are such a conventional subject, I felt a strong desire to describe them in new, inventive ways.” With nods to the work of Jan Brueghel, Édouard Manet, Georgia O’Keeffe, René Magritte, and others, Morell does just that; the images are as innovative as they are arresting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-05-18T15:11:45-04:00","created_at":"2022-05-18T15:11:44-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":6000,"price_min":6000,"price_max":6000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":6000,"compare_at_price_min":6000,"compare_at_price_max":6000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39987756367961,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA415-Morell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flowers for Lisa — Morell '71, H '97","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":6000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":6000,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781419732331","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba415-morell-flowers.jpg?v=1652901106"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba415-morell-flowers.jpg?v=1652901106","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Flowers for Lisa by Abelardo Morell","id":21905403019353,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba415-morell-flowers.jpg?v=1652901106"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba415-morell-flowers.jpg?v=1652901106","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Abelardo Morell, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white photographs of books, photographer Abelardo Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlowers for Lisa\u003c\/em\u003e emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa, a photograph of flowers on her birthday. “Flowers are part of a long tradition of still life in art,” writes Morell. “Precisely because flowers are such a conventional subject, I felt a strong desire to describe them in new, inventive ways.” With nods to the work of Jan Brueghel, Édouard Manet, Georgia O’Keeffe, René Magritte, and others, Morell does just that; the images are as innovative as they are arresting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Flowers for Lisa — Morell '71, H '97
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By Abelardo Morell, Class of 1971 Best known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white photographs of books, photographer Abelardo Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for Flowers for Lisa emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa, a photograph o...
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Sculpture — Hooke '64
$39.95
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Sculpture — Hooke '64
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By Robert L. Hooke, Class of 1964 Handsome art volume of sculpture by Robert L. Hooke, Bowdoin Class of 1964.
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The Book of Ice — Miller '92
$29.95
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The Book of Ice — Miller '92
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By Paul D. Miller '92 a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid The unforgiving and nationless continent of Antarctica serves as the perfect point of entry for considering our relationship with the natural world. Inspired by his visits to this frozen landscape, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky , created The Book of Ice to offer his visual and textua...