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In the Company of Artists: Photographs from the DIA's Collection Art Daily - Nov 30,2008 Photographers such as André Kertész, Man Ray, Yousuf Karsh, Arnold Newman and Robert Mapplethorpe took portraits of artists, their families, friends, ...

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Enter Smith’s ‘Dream’ world Boston Herald, United States - Nov 27, 2008 ... later, gay rakehell Robert Mapplethorpe. Strangely, androgynously beautiful with a huge, Modigliani-esque face, Smith even resembled Mapplethorpe, ...

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Robert Mapplethorpe books

Mapplethorpe

This book is LARGE! Very large. It is approximately 12" square, like a vinyl LP record, and comes in a tough card outer sleeve or box, thus keeping the actual book itself free from damage. I don't know exactly how much it weighs, but I suspect that it must be 3-4 Kg, so if you order it warn your postman! The images are all B&W.

It is also large in terms of content, there being some 600-odd images presented. There is an intoxicating range of photographs spreading over many years of Mapplethorpe's work and many genres.

Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers

Flower are one of the most common subjects for artwork, yet Mapplethorpe excels at bringing something radically new to his flower photographs. Setting them in a universe apart, their poses are classical, reduced to a series of essential forms. Their compositions are profoundly simple but mask a complex dynamic. Each one is evocative, and almost always sexually charged. When photographed by Mapplethorpe, these delicate organisms become almost muscular in their raw power.

Robert Mapplethorpe

by: Richard Marshall
Known for his steamy and luxurious photographs of nudes, Mapplethorpe has observed of his work that it "is about seeing--seeing things like they haven't been seen before." 45 color and 85 duotone illustrations.

Robert Mapplethorpe And The Classical Tradition

by: Jennifer Blessing, Arkady Ippolitov, Antonio Canova, Benvenuto Cellini, Jacques-Louis David, Jacob Matham, Jan Saenredam, Auguste Rodin
A fantastic reference in respect of Robert Mapplethorpe's more purist work. Amazingly well presented, printed and published, it has relevant accompanying text and essays, and as with most Mapplethrorpe images, the plates are simply brilliant. Be aware, this text is an important part of the book, so it's not all just pictures, but it asssists with giving an insight into the formalist manner in which the photographs were taken.
This book is for anyone with an interest in the Robert Mapplethorpe's work, or if you just want to own a record of some of the best photographs ever taken.

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