Ruins

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History, American
Cover of the book Ruins by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle, Bunker Hill Publishing Inc
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle ISBN: 9781593731434
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing Inc Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Bunker Hill Publishing Inc Language: English
Author: Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
ISBN: 9781593731434
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing Inc
Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Bunker Hill Publishing Inc
Language: English

In earlier civilizations ruins were remainders and reminders of the glory of long passed times. People pondered what could still be seen of the palaces, great public buildings and places of worship. The everyday working world was left without any record to commemorate its importance. Ruins now occupy a special place in our contemporary landscape. Nearly everywhere there are vestiges of commercial buildings and machines that many people still remember as vital to their communities. Industrial progress has doomed them in the space of a few decades. They are the relics of America's industrial glory at mid Twentieth century: great structures erected to support the technologies that shaped the country we now live in. In this book of poems and paintings both poet and artist seek to memorialize the recent industrial past of America as both worker and machine fall into oblivion and the declining past yields to the ruthless changes of the present. Audette paints abandoned factories, ships, bridges, and large machines and much smaller artifacts such as discarded railroad couplings, carburetors and machine tools. In contrast, Nothnagle memorializes the intimate lives of the men and women who made and used these engines and devices in the workshops, now abandoned as they themselves have been; their triumphs and victories forgotten. The poems are lyrical and harsh, short and to the point, knowing and critical, like accents on the canvases. The titles say it all, Calling In, Change to Spare, Grudges, Two Ton Bucket, Yard Sale, Buddy, Chance, Funeral, and speak of frailty and strength, chance and misfortune unlike the machines she also writes about This machine was built to last, making parts to be assembled, parts that fit together like they were meant to, parts that always make sense, no matter what crazy people do to people around the world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In earlier civilizations ruins were remainders and reminders of the glory of long passed times. People pondered what could still be seen of the palaces, great public buildings and places of worship. The everyday working world was left without any record to commemorate its importance. Ruins now occupy a special place in our contemporary landscape. Nearly everywhere there are vestiges of commercial buildings and machines that many people still remember as vital to their communities. Industrial progress has doomed them in the space of a few decades. They are the relics of America's industrial glory at mid Twentieth century: great structures erected to support the technologies that shaped the country we now live in. In this book of poems and paintings both poet and artist seek to memorialize the recent industrial past of America as both worker and machine fall into oblivion and the declining past yields to the ruthless changes of the present. Audette paints abandoned factories, ships, bridges, and large machines and much smaller artifacts such as discarded railroad couplings, carburetors and machine tools. In contrast, Nothnagle memorializes the intimate lives of the men and women who made and used these engines and devices in the workshops, now abandoned as they themselves have been; their triumphs and victories forgotten. The poems are lyrical and harsh, short and to the point, knowing and critical, like accents on the canvases. The titles say it all, Calling In, Change to Spare, Grudges, Two Ton Bucket, Yard Sale, Buddy, Chance, Funeral, and speak of frailty and strength, chance and misfortune unlike the machines she also writes about This machine was built to last, making parts to be assembled, parts that fit together like they were meant to, parts that always make sense, no matter what crazy people do to people around the world.

More books from American

Cover of the book Inheriting a Canoe Paddle by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Indians of North Carolina by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Baby Momma Saga, Part 2 by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Ernesto Che Guevara by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Abenaki Daring by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Gorilla Black by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Sex, Time, and Space in Contemporary Fiction by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Reform and Politics Part II Volume VII by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book The Wish Book by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Smiley Lawn Care by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Genesis Ii by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
Cover of the book Beyond the Gray Leaf: The Life and Poems of J.P. Irvine by Anna Audette, Suzanne Nothnagle
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy