| Selected and introduced by Edward Hirsch
This beautifully illustrated book brings together a selection of writings specifically about works of art in the Art Institute. While a few of the poems, essays, and short stories, by such writers as Saul Bellow, Mina Loy, Carl Sandburg, and Delmore Schwartz, are well known, most of the pieces have been written expressly for this book. Under the guidance of poet Edward Hirsch, the Art Institute commissioned thirty contemporary writers to contribute to this collection. Susan Sontag reflects on Francisco Goya, Richard Howard considers Henri Fantin-Latour, and John Updike examines Claes Oldenburg. Former Poet Laureates Rita Dove and Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Garry Wills and Stanley Kunitz, and many others share their visions of the museum's masterpieces from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book is a perfect blend of visual and verbal eloquence that will delight lovers of literature and art alike.
"Challenging and unpredictable. . . . This is a book to dip into over a long period." --Christian Science Monitor
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994
9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.; 144 pages; 61 illustrations (59 color)
Hardcover $7.95 ISBN 0-8212-2126-4
Order online from The Art Institute Museum Shop or call 1-800-905-8537.
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