Book Oscar Niemeyer: Impossible Collection

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Book Oscar Niemeyer: Impossible Collection by Assouline

Description

Oscar Niemeyer, one of the fathers of modernist architecture, is remembered through Assouline’s handmade limited edition Ultimate Collection volume. Niemeyer’s legacy, one of the most far-reaching influences on 20th- and 21st-century architecture, is recognized and honored in Assouline’s comprehensive and lavish exploration of Niemeyer’s 104-year life and career.

Niemeyer rose to prominence alongside Le Corbusier but ultimately strayed from the hard, straight lines of traditional modernism. Instead, he has forged a parallel track that mimics the crescendos and denouements of human feelings through plunging curves, graceful arcs and sensual lines. By using reinforced concrete, he elevates the everyday to the sublime. Original sketches and photographs, as well as contributions from Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, make Oscar Niemeyer a testament to the fantastic artistic journey he has taken over the last century.

White gloves and an iconic canvas tote bag are included with every purchase of Assouline’s ultimate collection.

Details

  • 9.07 kg

Author

Michael Kimmelman is chief art critic at The New York Times and author of The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa (Penguin, 2005) and Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere (Random House, 1998).

Photographer Matthieu Salvaing has been traveling the world for ten years, drawing inspiration from design, fashion and architecture. Salvaing’s exploration of Brazil and his friendship with Oscar Niemeyer were catalysts for his work. This book took him five years to create.

Craftsmanship

Assouline’s ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.

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