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Joan Miró, the development of a sign language
Very Good Paperback St. Louis, Washington University, 1980. Softcover exhibition catalog, 72 pages. Light shelfwear, contents clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
72 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1980
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March 25, 2024
Lots of Levy Bruhl true ideas about the primitive mind. "Symbolic expression is considered richer than ordinary language since it proceeds by association and evocation rather than by description and analysis."(10) Is the main idea. Favorite pieces in the book are The Migratory Bird 1941, Queen Louise of Prussia 1929, and The Ladder for Escape 1940. "Miro adhered to "image-concepts" in his visual sign language. He individualized essential factors and omitted or generalized all else. He also enlarged eyes and ears, the facilitators of perception."(16) Lots of good ideas on cave art, and on omens.
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