Flying Out of this World by Peter Greenaway HARDBACK 9780226306360

Name: Flying Out of this World by Peter Greenaway HARDBACK 9780226306360
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Flying Out of this WorldAuthor(s): Peter Greenaway\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226306360, 978-0226306360\nSynopsis\nFlights of fancy and fear, ecstatic highs, dreadful falls and beckoning skies: these are the images British film-maker Peter Greenaway collects and dissects in \""Flying out of This World\"", the second volume in a series developed by the Louvre and devoted to innovative writing on the visual arts. As guest curator, Greenaway selected from the Louvre's collection of European prints and drawings 91 masterpieces that illustrate the human longing for flight. Greenaway's text, a compilation of brief commentaries that combine description, allusion and interpretation, illuminates the images as depictions of flight desired and denied. Including works by Redon, Goya, Brueghel, Michelangelo, Mantegna, Rubens, Poussin and Delacroix, this volume offers a combination of literary and v.