{"title":"Edina Adam","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdina Adam’s works invite readers into the rich interplay of arts and culture, exploring themes that bridge historical visionaries and contemporary artistic expression. Through titles like \u003cem\u003eLines of Connection\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWilliam Blake - Visionary\u003c\/em\u003e, she offers thoughtful insights into creativity and the enduring power of cultural icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer writing blends scholarly perspective with accessible storytelling, making complex artistic ideas engaging for a broad audience. Fans of art history and cultural studies will find her books a compelling journey into the minds and works that shape our cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lines-of-connection-by-edina-adam-9781606069653","title":"Lines of Connection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first volume to chart the rich and reciprocal relationship between drawing and printmaking from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile often viewed and studied separately, drawings and prints have always been closely intertwined. They facilitated and generated the production of one another, and in some instances, clear distinctions between the two dissolved. Many artists created drawings specifically intended for translation into print, and an even greater number used prints as a training tool, copying from them to hone drawing skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis reciprocal relationship goes even deeper, however, as innovative artists made fascinating hybrid works that blurred the boundaries between the two media, pushing against modern definitions and hierarchies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLines of Connection\u003c\/em\u003e charts these historical and geographical continuities for the first time by bringing together works on paper of superb quality, foregrounding issues of artistic process and collaboration, technical innovation, and creative ingenuity. Featuring over 170 prints and drawings by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Parmigianino, Hendrick Goltzius, Maria Sibylla Merian, Rembrandt van Rijn, and William Blake, this catalogue is a rich narrative introduction to the compelling, yet understudied, relationship between drawing and printmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at The Art Institute of Chicago from March 15 to June 1, 2025, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from July 1 to September 14, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424755794156,"sku":"9781606069653","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781606069653.jpg?v=1774768322"},{"product_id":"william-blake-visionary-by-edina-adam-9781606066423","title":"William Blake - Visionary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA richly illustrated, comprehensive introduction to the visionary British artist \u003cem\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated for his boundless imagination and unique vision, William Blake (1757–1827) created some of the most striking and distinctive imagery in art, often combining his poetry and visual images on the page through innovative graphic techniques. He has proven an enduring inspiration to artists, musicians, poets, and performers worldwide and a fascinating enigma to generations of admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing over 130 colour images, this catalogue brings together many of Blake’s most iconic works. Organised by theme, it explores Blake’s work as a professional printmaker, his roles as both painter-illustrator and poet-painter, his relationship to the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque artists that preceded him, and his legacy in the United States. It also examines his visionary prophetic books, including all eighteen plates of \u003cem\u003eAmerica a Prophecy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is published to accompany an exhibition coming soon to the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433329246444,"sku":"9781606066423","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781606066423.jpg?v=1774765142"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/edina-adam.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}