It isn't enough to say that Howard Schatz admires dancers. He adores them. Schatz' pictures are not about dance; they are photographs of dancers as phenomenal objects: graceful and powerful; explosive or ecstatic in motion, elegant and elemental while at rest. There is more to dance than bodies, but without bodies there is no dance. And however much natural beauty a dancer may have, years of training and a daily regimen that might break an Olympic rower, produce human forms that are nothing less than masterpieces of kinetic ...
Read More
It isn't enough to say that Howard Schatz admires dancers. He adores them. Schatz' pictures are not about dance; they are photographs of dancers as phenomenal objects: graceful and powerful; explosive or ecstatic in motion, elegant and elemental while at rest. There is more to dance than bodies, but without bodies there is no dance. And however much natural beauty a dancer may have, years of training and a daily regimen that might break an Olympic rower, produce human forms that are nothing less than masterpieces of kinetic sculpture. In Passion & Lies, Schatz interprets these hard-won creations through his art, combining exploration and adoration in equal measure.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Size: 11x1x13; Large Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice overall condition, book are dust jacket are both clean and pages are unmarked. The glue on the binding is cracked at several places, but pages are still held very well by stitching.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Very clean hardcover with jacket. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
VG/VG. Black boards with stamped spine lettering. BW-photographic dust jacket with purple and white lettering. 218 pp. Mainly photographs in BW and some color. "It isn't enough to say that Howard Schatz admires dancers. He adores them. Schatz' pictures are not about dance; they are photographs of dancers as phenomenal objects: graceful and powerful; explosive or ecstatic in motion, elegant and elemental while at rest. There is more to dance than bodies, but without bodies there is no dance. And however much natural beauty a dancer may have, years of training and a daily regimen that might break an Olympic rower, produce human forms that are nothing less than masterpieces of kinetic sculpture." "In Passion & Lies, Schatz interprets these hard-won creations through his art, combining exploration and adoration in equal measure."--Jacket.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. Size: 13x10x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Quarto. 218 pp. Black boards show minor shelf wear to the extremities. Dust jacket is unclipped and pictorial. Black and white cover photograph of ballet dancer with purple and white lettering. Deep purple endpages. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Gorgeous, intimate, full-color portraits of dancers in various settings--even underwater. A gift-worthy coffee table book sure to spark conversation.
