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The Likeness Of A Beautiful Thing, Johannes H. Von Gumppenberg
The Likeness Of A Beautiful Thing, Johannes H. Von Gumppenberg
Johannes von Gumppenberg Books
In the 1990s Johannes looked back to the Philosophy of Design course he took from John Howard Benson in the 1950s when he was an undergraduate at Rhode Island School of Design. He takes this as the springboard to discuss his ideas on aesthetics -- what visual beauty is and how to make it.
The Formulation Of A Graphic Language, Johannes H. Von Gumppenberg
The Formulation Of A Graphic Language, Johannes H. Von Gumppenberg
Johannes von Gumppenberg Books
A philosophical study of fundamental concepts in delivering the two-dimensional rendition of basic forms. Starting in the late 1950s, the artist posed himself multiple problems about pictorial perception discovered when rendering form, then created 70 black-and-white plates and 20 figures, each a separate work of art, to illustrate the effort. The accompanying text discusses his reflections on his successes and failures and his philosophy regarding the artistic attempt in general, a personal aesthetics.