Albert & the whale:
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Main Author: Hoare, Philip 1958- (Author)
Other Authors: Dürer, Albrecht 1471-1528 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London 4th Estate 2022
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Abstract:"In Albert & the Whale, Philip Hoare sets out to discover why Dürer's art endures. He encounters medieval alchemists and modernist poets, eccentric emperors and queer soul rebels. He witnesses the miraculous birth of Dürer's fantastical rhinoceros, and he traces the fate of the star-crossed leviathan that the artist pursued. And as the author swims from Europe to America and beyond, these prophetic artists and downed angels provoke awkward questions. What is natural or unnatural? Is art a fatal contract? Or does it in fact have the power to save us?"--Cover page 4
Item Description:Originally published: 2021
Physical Description:289 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen 20 cm
ISBN:9780008323325
0008323321