In a different light : the book of Genesis in the art of Samuel Bak / Lawrence L. Langer.

Langer, Lawrence L.; Bak, Samuel

ISBN 10: 1879985063 / ISBN 13: 9781879985063

Published by Pucker Gallery, 2001

About this Item

Grey boards with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is tight. Spine is straight. Content is clean. No markings. Some shelf wear. Frontispiece: Rembrandt's Angel ; Insert on title page: Study for Rainbow Angel, 1999. Glossy pages. Color photographs. Dust Jacket is in mint condition. This copy has not been open. 92 p.

Seller Inventory # 42380

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In a different light : the book of Genesis in the art of Samuel Bak / Lawrence L. Langer.
• Publisher: Pucker Gallery
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879985063
• ISBN 13: 9781879985063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 8.5W x 11.25H x 0.5D inches 8.5 inches width by 11.25 inches height by 0.5 inches depth
• Weight: 1.65 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

With In A Different Light, Samuel Bak examines concepts such as creation, cruelty, mortality, morality and accusation. These paintings are a struggle to understand, explain and rebuild. Subjects include: scriptual stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their various encounters with their Creator, humankind's passage through Time and its changing role in existence, tikkun hao'lam - the enormous task of repairing the world, and Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, at whose center God's and Adam's pointing fingers almost touch.
In A Different Light reproduces in full color this remarkable new series of 55 drawings and paintings by Samuel Bak. Lawrence Langer develops our understanding of rich and complicated stories and the extraordinary artistic and personal vision by which they are interpreted.

About the Author

Lawrence L. Langer is Alumnae Chair Professor of English Emeritus at Simmons College.