Contributions

  • Bak, Samuel. - Contributor

Publication

1999 - Pucker Art Publications in association with Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

21,750 words, Guess

Page Count

87 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL32486M
  • ISBN-101879985039
  • OCLC Control Number40830133
  • Library of Congress Control Number99014175
  • Goodreads220272
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  • LibraryThing4399734

Classifications

  • DDC759.95694
  • LCCND979.B27 L36 1999

Description

"The paintings of The Game Continues provide stimulating commentary on the richness and the limits of metaphor in art. Samuel Bak's provocative chess-inspired landscapes illuminate the waste of war in a profaned world, and its impact on the human spirit. Peopled by pawns and knights, rooks and bishops, kings and queens, Bak's vision of conflict from the ancient to the modern era deflates romantic notions of heroic combat. His shattered chessboards rise dramatically out of a barren terrain, recording a decline in human majesty even as he invites us to reconstrue more fruitful imaginings."--BOOK JACKET. "The Game Continues reproduces in full color a new series of 52 chess paintings by Bak. Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer guides and enriches our understanding of this unusual artist's complex vision."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

ChessChess in artChess in art.Criticism and interpretationBak, Samuel -- Criticism and interpretation.

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