"A rare opportunity to ponder how Hopper =
made the=20
ordinary extraordinary. . . . To compare photographs of =
unmemorable=20
structures with the saturate, intensely lighted paintings =
(most from=20
private collections) is to see how realism is much more than =
mere=20
depiction. Gail Levin, the former curator of the Edward =
Hopper=20
collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art, has done =
an=20
invaluable service in this book."--Ren=E9e Gernand,
New =
York Times=20
Book Review
"The photos contrast with the paintings to show that =
Hopper,=20
habitually a most faithful realist, altered spatial =
dimensions,=20
foreshortened, and offered multiple perspectives to the =
viewer so=20
that details of buildings near the ones dominantly placed =
appear=20
more forcibly. . . . A beautiful, intriguing=20
portfolio."--Booklist
"This comparative view illustrates Hopper's compositional =
approach, his use of cropping, his exaggeration of the =
vertical or=20
horizontal elements, and his simplifications, which Levin =
details. .=20
. . The photographs themselves, taken in most cases several =
decades=20
after the paintings were made, are equally illustrative of =
America's=20
changing landscape."--Library Journal
"Gail Levin's insightful, stimulating, and =
readable=20
book has proven an invaluable reference for students taking =
studio=20
art classes. It has key use as an exploration into the =
question of=20
the sources from which artists derive their ideas."--Walter =
Hattke,=20
Baker Professor of Fine Arts, Union College
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top)
In the acclaimed first edition of =
Hopper's=20
Places, Gail Levin paired paintings by Edward Hopper =
with her=20
photographs of the subjects of paintings done in New York =
and=20
environs, Maine, Gloucester, and Cape Cod to demonstrate how =
Hopper=20
made art of everyday scenes and how he sometimes made =
intentional=20
changes from what he observed. For this new edition, Levin =
has added=20
documentary photographs and Hopper's paintings of sites in =
Paris,=20
where he painted for several years as a young man, =
Charleston,=20
Mexico, and the western U.S. to give a broader view of the =
range of=20
his work and the power with which he transformed his =
subjects while=20
still remaining faithful to their essential features.
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top)
Gail Levin is Professor of Art =
History at the=20
City University of New York. Among her books are Edward =
Hopper:=20
An Intimate Biography (1996, available in paperback from =
California) Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonn=E9 =
(1995), and=20
Marsden Hartley in Bavaria (1989).
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top)
Edward =
Hopper, by Gail Levin
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top)
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