The wind - a natural phenomenon both salutary and injurious - has inspired myths, literary texts, and works of art in every era and place. The Book of the Wind offers a contemporary and original reflection on one of the most intriguing questions in art history - how can the immaterial be depicted? Num Pages: 224 pages, 160 illustrations, 120 in colour. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 312 x 248 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1564. . 2011. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Book of the Wind: The Representation of the Invisible
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 077353833X
ISBN 13: 9780773538337
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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In The Book of the Wind Alessandro Nova has selected texts and images to create a history of the wind that illustrates his belief that the artistic representation of the invisible, the metaphorical nature of the phenomenon, and the challenge that it presents for perception require increasing our inner world through an expansion of our perceptual horizon.

The wind - a natural phenomenon both salutary and injurious - has inspired myths, literary texts, and works of art in every era and place. The Book of the Wind offers a contemporary and original reflection on one of the most intriguing questions in art history - how can the immaterial be depicted?

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Alessandro Nova is co-director of the Frankfurt Kunsthistorische Institute in Florence, Italy.

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