Eye for Fine Art books
I’m lecturing printmaking and fine art books this week. The Bill of Rights book set by Richard Minsky is one of my favorite concepts. I find his book cover for The Eye to be quite eerie.
Some other great sites include Colophon.Com, Philobiblon.Com, and Keith Smith Books. For me, fine art books are like a “movie for one.” Like films, you have the sequencing of thoughts and images, a juxtaposition that unfolds in such a way as to elicit a response from the viewer. Unlike films, books are not generally viewed with a group, they are experienced by one person at a time. I often say that I experience each of the students as an ongoing movie that I check in on every couple of days. Some stories are more interesting than others, some more dramatic, some more challenging. Maybe they’re more like fine art books since I’m experiencing them from my solitary point of view.
“Of course the game is rigged. Don’t let that stop you – if you don’t play, you can’t win.”
Robert Heinlein (1907 – 1988)
U.S. Science Fiction Author
“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
Buddha (563 BC – 483 BC)
Indian Religious Leader
