Enchantments : : Joseph Cornell and American Modernism / / Marci Kwon.

The first major work to examine Joseph Cornell's relationship to American modernismJoseph Cornell (1903–1972) is best known for his exquisite and alluring box constructions, in which he transformed found objects—such as celestial charts, glass ice cubes, and feathers—into enchanted worlds that...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 121 color + 82 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE The Great and the Small
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Enchantments
  • Parts of a World
  • Universe to Cosmos
  • Folk into Myth
  • Enchantresses
  • Rooms and Skies
  • Some Varieties of Enchantment
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • CREDITS