Rings: Five Passions in World Art

by J. Carter (essay by Jennifer Montagu; edited by Michael E. Shapiro) Brown (Editor), J. Carter Brown (Editor)

9 1/2" x 11 1/2" hardcover is in fine condition in a near fine condition dust jacket. Some rubbing to the upper edges of the dust jacket's panels and spine. Additional shipping costs will apply for international orders.

Genres: Art

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

The portrait-formatted images are a good size, but the landscape-formatted ones were shrunk to fit the page WITH a large white margin, and as a result they're only a few inches large.

However, I liked the themes: love, anguish, awe, triumph, and joy. I wish I could have seen the actual exhibit.

EDIT: I should also give props to the text. Normally I get nothing out of the text in an art book, but the text in this one made me like a lot of pieces that used to leave me lukewarm.

[Tracy]

Exhibition at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. An amazing, memorable art show using the rings as emotions, and surveying global art traditions. Next best thing to going back in time!

[Tim Petersik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book if you can get it

[Matt Dahl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could go back in time to 1996 and see all of these works again in person. Thank God that, barring that, I can at least see them in this beautiful book.