{"product_id":"foreshadowed-by-andrew-spira-9781789145359","title":"Foreshadowed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Kasimir Malevich's \u003cem\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/em\u003e was produced in 1915, no-one had ever seen anything like it before. And yet it does have precedents. In fact, over the previous 500 years, several painters, writers, philosophers, scientists and censors—each working independently towards an absolute statement of their own—alighted on the form of the black square or rectangle, as if for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeshadowed\u003c\/em\u003e explores the resonances between Malevich's \u003cem\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/em\u003e and its precursors, showing how a 'genealogical' thread binds them together into an intriguing, and sometimes quirky, sequence of modulations. Andrew Spira's book examines how each predecessor both 'foreshadows' Malevich's work and, paradoxically, throws light on it, revealing layers of meaning that are often overlooked but which are as relevant today as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470637678828,"sku":"9781789145359","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789145359-foreshadowed.jpg?v=1775223345","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/foreshadowed-by-andrew-spira-9781789145359","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}