Josef Albers - Despite Straight Lines: An Analysis of his graphic constructions by Francois Bucher

Josef Albers - Despite Straight Lines: An Analysis of his graphic constructions analyses Albers's black and white graphic works, detailing how he created illusions of movement, volume, and color using only straight lines. The book is considered a classic design statement and foundational text for understanding Albers's visual perception experiments and artistic philosophy.

(Introduction) 'For Heraclitus, ultimate creative force lies in motion and change which govern both the atom and cosmic movement in a balance of birth and destruction. Today, at the beginning of a new world age, motion, process, and relativity have become basic concerns of intelligent humanity. The artist, an originator as well as a sensitive interpreter of the spiritual forces shaping history, recognises and reflects this deep involvement and has again transformed complex philosophical and theoretical systems into images which can be understood by all who have sharpened their visual perception. Process, relativity, and motion are essential concerns of the seemingly chaotic artistic production of our time. Most contemporary creators show us a universe in dynamic flux. But none of them has concentrated his attention on the relativity of visual phenomena as tenaciously as Josef Albers...'

Condition: Good. Former library item with usual stamps, labels, inscriptions - nonetheless, in good condition. Shelf ware consistent with age. Rubbing and marking to board cover/edges. Slight Frey to cloth spine.

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