The photographs in this book spring from a respect for the logic and clarity of science and the order and variety of the natural world and from the photographer's fascination with the array of line, form, and pattern that occurs in our daily lives. Talismans are endowed with magic virtue, charms diverse in their forms, holding the powers of healing or good fortune or potent magic, tinged always with a hint of the occult, the mysterious. Drawn from the everyday world, changed through the alchemy of photography and the eye of ...
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The photographs in this book spring from a respect for the logic and clarity of science and the order and variety of the natural world and from the photographer's fascination with the array of line, form, and pattern that occurs in our daily lives. Talismans are endowed with magic virtue, charms diverse in their forms, holding the powers of healing or good fortune or potent magic, tinged always with a hint of the occult, the mysterious. Drawn from the everyday world, changed through the alchemy of photography and the eye of the artist, these images remind us that sometimes the quotidian is the strangest of all.
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1998, University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications
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VG. light scuffs & scratches to boards. pgs have light edge-toning. dustjacket hightly scuffed w/ scratches, edge-wear, creasing & rubbing to corners. Black cloth boards w/ silver printing. Appx. 150 pp. 70 bw photos. black, pictorial dustjacket. Plates clean & bright. This oversized volume contains stunning full-page photos. Includes essays by Arlene Love and Helen W. Drutt English.
Add this copy of Talismanic to cart. $34.95, new condition, Sold by ISD rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bristol, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Edition:
1998, University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications
