The Art of Pere Joan
Title | The Art of Pere Joan PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Fraser |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2019-04-22 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1477318143 |
Born in Mallorca, Pere Joan Riera (known professionally as Pere Joan) thrived in the underground comics world, beginning in the mid-1970s with the self-published collections Baladas Urbanas and MuŽrdago, both of which were released almost immediately after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco and Spain's transition to democracy. The first monograph in English on a comics artist from Spain, The Art of Pere Joan takes a topographical approach to reading comics, applying theories of cultural and urban geography to Pere Joan’s treatment of space and landscape in his singular body of work. Balancing this goal with an exploration of specific works by Pere Joan, Benjamin Fraser demonstrates that looking at the thematic, structural, and aesthetic originality of the artist's landscape-driven work can help us begin to newly understand the representational properties of comics as a spatial medium. This in-depth examination reveals the resonance between the cultural landscapes of Mallorca and Pere Joan's metaphorical approach to both rural and urban environments in comics that weave emotional, ecological, and artistic strands in revolutionary ways.
The Art of Pere Joan
Title | The Art of Pere Joan PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Fraser |
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Release | 2019 |
Genre | ART |
ISBN | 9781477318133 |
Joan Pere Viladecans
Title | Joan Pere Viladecans PDF eBook |
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Barcelona, City of Comics
Title | Barcelona, City of Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Fraser |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2022-02-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1438487509 |
Barcelona, City of Comics introduces readers of English to a range of Spanish- and Catalan-language comics published after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. During this time of palpable social change, the Catalonian capital regained its reputation as the hub of comics publishing in Spain. Comics collectives such as El Rrollo and Butifarra, as well as individual artists from Montse Clavé to Mariscal, contributed to a thriving comics subculture that drew from and pushed beyond the countercultural comics tradition in the United States. As the Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona (1981–) drew greater attention to the city, comics magazines teemed with graphic depictions of urban scenes. On the comics page, themes of architecture and city life were employed as social critique, while the city of Barcelona itself increasingly solidified its reputation on the global stage through urban planning. With a foreword by Pere Joan, Barcelona, City of Comics delves into the relationship between comics and urbanism in one of Europe's most notable global cities.
The Art of Joan Brown
Title | The Art of Joan Brown PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Tsujimoto |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780520214699 |
Examines the California artist's life and work, offering reproductions of many of her pieces
Joan Fontcuberta, Pere Formiguera
Title | Joan Fontcuberta, Pere Formiguera PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Fontcuberta |
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Pages | 5 |
Release | 1988 |
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Catalan Art from the Ninth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Title | Catalan Art from the Ninth to the Fifteenth Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Zervos |
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Pages | 284 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | Art |
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