When the Rainbow Breaks: H O P E in the Art of Samuel Bak

by Henry F. Knight

Book Overview

Common wisdom has it that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this series of paintings artist Samuel Bak wonders: can a word be worth a thousand pictures? Words are constructed from letters, which stem from hieroglyphic representations of the world around us. The use of letters, words, and sentences in art is not the domain only of comics and cartoons. Examples exist in medieval art, in the art of the post-Impressionists, the Cubists, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879985306
• ISBN13: 9781879985308
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Pucker Art Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"