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PublisherPrestel Gmbh & Co KG.
ISBN-103791351761
ISBN-139783791351766
eBay Product ID (ePID)127412310
Product Key Features
Book TitleBackyard Oasis : the Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSubjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Individual Photographers / General, Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, Subjects & Themes / Lifestyles, Outdoor & Recreational Areas, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Subjects & Themes / Landscapes
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, House & Home, Photography
AuthorDaniell Cornell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight71.4 Oz
Item Length11.4 in
Item Width11.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-039304
Reviews"Southern California's pool culture is the subject of this unique and luscious collection of photographs that explore the parallel evolution of an iconic symbol and an artistic genre."--Photo-eye, Best Books of 2012 list, "I can't imagine a book better-suited to escaping into on a hot summer's day than Backyard Oasis." - W Magazine, "I can't imagine a book better-suited to escaping into on a hot summer's day than Backyard Oasis." - W Magazine "Southern California's pool culture is the subject of this unique and luscious collection of photographs that explore the parallel evolution of an iconic symbol and an artistic genre."--Photo-eye, Best Books of 2012 list
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal779/.36074794
SynopsisSouthern California's pool culture is the subject of this unique and luscious collection of photographs that explore the parallel evolution of an iconic symbol and an artistic genre. Since the end of World War II, Southern California's backyard pools-those blue-green oases in an otherwise often arid landscape-have symbolized any number of American ideals: optimism, wealth, consumerism, escape, physical beauty, and the triumph of man over nature. Simultaneously, the field of photography developed as a transformative method for recording the human condition. This exhibition catalog celebrates the nexus of these two phenomena in a one-of-a-kind collection that features more than two hundred works by more than forty postwar artists and photographers. It presents works by photographers and artists including Bill Anderson, John Baldessari, Ruth Bernhard, David Hockney, Herb Ritts, Ed Ruscha, Julius Shulman, and Larry Sultan. Thematically grouped into topics ranging from the rise of celebrity culture, suburbia and dystopia, avant-garde architectural landscape design, and the cult of the body, these images offer a reich study of the cultural connotations of the swimming pool. six insightful essays provide a comprehensive overview of the development of the swimming pool and its attendant aesthetic and social culture.
LC Classification NumberTR659.B33 2012
