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Putting a Face on Things: Studies in Imaginary Materials.
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Putting a Face on Things: Studies in Imaginary Materials. Paperback - 1990 - 1st Edition

by Carter, Michael

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Sydney: Power Publications / Power Institute of Fine Arts, 1990. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), spine lightly creased, bottom corner rear cover creased, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. 288 pp. Michael Carter takes the idea from Gaston Bachelard of material imagination, that is, to look beyond the physical form of a piece of art, and how this is transformed into a desirable human image. How does a painted surface become a desirable woman? How are painted pictures of pets infested with pleasing form? Carter teaches fine arts at the University of Sydney. A publication of the Power Institute of Fine Arts and the university.
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  • Title Putting a Face on Things: Studies in Imaginary Materials.
  • Author Carter, Michael
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Power Publications / Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney
  • Date 1990
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 23215
  • ISBN 9780909952310 / 0909952310
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 13.2 x 5.04 x 0.73 in (33.53 x 12.80 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Art - Philosophy, Visualization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017446727
  • Dewey Decimal Code 701.8

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Michael Carter is an honorary associate of the Art History and Theory Department at the University of Sydney Australia. His previous book is Framing Art: Introducing Theory and the Visual Image.

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