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Modernism and the Mediterranean: The Maeght Foundation (Histories of Vision) [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Jan Birksted (Author) "Present at the inauguration on 28 July 1964 were Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miro, who had been involved in the design of the Maeght Foundation..." (more)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Ashgate; illustrated edition edition (1 Mar 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 075460179X
ISBN-13: 978-0754601791
Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.4 x 2.2 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,224,621 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Situated in a Mediterranean landscape, the Maeght Foundation is a unique Modernist museum, product of an extraordinary collaboration between the architect, Jose Luis Sert, and the artists whose work was to be displayed there. The architecture, garden design and art offer a rare opportunity to see work in settings conceived in active collaboration with the artists themselves. By focusing on the relationship between this art foundation and its Arcadian setting, including Joan Miro's labyrinth, George Braque's pool, Tal-Coat's mosaic wall and Giacometti's terrace, Jan Birksted demonstrates how the building articulates many of the ideas that preoccupied this group of artists during the culminating years of their lives. The study pays special attention to the ways in which architecture can shape the experience of time, and addresses the Modernist desire for wilderness and its problematic roots in the classical Mediterranean ideal. In showing how the design of the Maeght Foundation is a Modernist representation of Mediterranean culture, Jan Birksted has developed an interpretation of architecture that accomodates not only the architect's handling of material or function, but also shows how it can be the embodiment of a particular vision of space and time.

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Present at the inauguration on 28 July 1964 were Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miro, who had been involved in the design of the Maeght Foundation with its architect Josep Lluis Sert, who was himself a personal and intimate friend of many artists of his generation. Read the first page

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