Fraternité avant tout : Asger Jorn's writings on art and architecture, 1938-1957 / [Asger Jorn] ; edited by Ruth Baumeister ; translated by Paul Larkin.

Main entry:

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973.

Title & Author:

Fraternité avant tout : Asger Jorn's writings on art and architecture, 1938-1957 / [Asger Jorn] ; edited by Ruth Baumeister ; translated by Paul Larkin.

Publication:

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2011.

Description:

303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Title in French.
Includes bibliographical references.
New painting, new architecture (1938) -- On the artistic potential inherent within architecture (1943) -- Architecture is not art (1943) -- Face to face (1944) -- Notes on the way (1945) -- The living essence of the language of form (1946) -- A new form of visual interpretation and its implications (1946) -- Yin/yang (1947) -- Homes for the people or concrete castles in the air (1947) -- Apollo or Dionysus (1947) -- Dreams and reality (1948-1949) -- Urban society or village community (1948) -- What is an ornament? (1948) -- A crooked bough (1949) -- Façade art -- towards a new architecture (1950) -- The true spirit of poetry (1951) -- Naturalistic architecture-or natural form (1952) -- The inherent potential of mural painting (1952) -- Image and form (1954) -- Against functionalism (1957) -- Form and structure (1956) -- The situationists and automation (1958).
Translation from Danish and Swedish; title in French.
Translation from Danish and Swedish.

Summary:

"The Danish artist Asger Jorn is primarily known as a painter who was active in the Høst, Cobra and the Situationist International groups. The numerous leaflets, exhibition catalogues, interviews, articles and books he wrote throughout his entire career attest to his vast literary output and his urge to provoke debate at all social levels."--Page 4 of cover.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9064507600
9789064507601

Subject:

Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973 Philosophy.
Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973.
Art and architecture Denmark 20th century.
Aesthetics, Modern 20th century.
Art et architecture Danemark 20e siècle.
Esthétique 20e siècle.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Art and architecture.
Philosophy.
Denmark.

Added entries:

Larkin, Paul.
Baumeister, Ruth.
Situationist movement.

Asger Jorn's writings on art and architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273410
Call No.: BIB 206969
Status: Available

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