{"title":"Roger Benjamin","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoger Benjamin’s works delve into the rich intersections of \u003cem\u003eart, culture, and history\u003c\/em\u003e, offering readers profound insights into modern and contemporary art movements. His exploration of artists like Kandinsky and Klee highlights the vibrant cross-cultural influences that shaped artistic expression in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed scholarship and evocative analysis, Benjamin invites readers to consider the broader cultural contexts and visual dialogues that inform artistic creation. His books are essential for those fascinated by the dynamic relationships between art, geography, and cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kandinsky-and-klee-in-tunisia-by-cristina-ashjian-9780520283657","title":"Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Klee experienced his 1914 trip to Tunisia as a major breakthrough for his art: \"Colour and I are one,\" he famously wrote. \"I am a painter.\" \u003cem\u003eKandinsky and Klee in Tunisia\u003c\/em\u003e sets the scene for Klee's breakthrough with a close study of the parallel voyage undertaken in 1904–5 by Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter, who would later become Klee's friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis artist couple, then at an early stage in their celebrated careers, produced a rich body of painting and photography known only to specialists. Paul Klee's 1914 trip with August Macke and Louis Moilliet, in contrast, is a vaunted convergence of cubism and the exotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoger Benjamin refigures these two seminal voyages in terms of colonial culture and politics, the fabric of ancient Tunisian cities, visual ethnography, and the tourist photograph. The book looks closely at the cities of Tunis, Sousse, Hammamet, and Kairouan to flesh out a profound confrontation between European high modernism and the wealth of Islamic lifeways and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKandinsky and Klee in Tunisia\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new understanding of how the European avant-garde was formed in dialogue with cultural difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431396262124,"sku":"9780520283657","price":94.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520283657.jpg?v=1774557918"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/roger-benjamin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}