The Apple is Everything
- A provocative new book from sculptor and artist Barnaby Barford
- Explores the significance of the apple throughout human history
- Over 240 illustrations and photographs of apples, illustrating their place within culture
In mythology, art history and religious iconography, the apple has been imbued with every imaginable human desire. It has been a symbol of love and beauty, of temptation, of immortality, peace, death and poison, of sin and redemption. From Adam and Eve to the trials of Heracles, to the art of Cézanne and Magritte, to Newton’s theory of gravity, the death of Alan Turing and the growth of Steve Jobs, the apple resonates throughout western culture. It is Snow White, William Tell, it is The Beatles and the Viking gods, it is even the American frontier.
Now, Barnaby Barford offers a celebration of this fruit, exploring its impact on the history of humankind. Apples have become a recent feature of Barford’s eye-catching installations, whether ripe and healthy or in a state of decay. The Apple is Everything guides the reader through Barford’s work and ideology.
- Publisher
- ACC Art Books
- ISBN
- 9781788841641
- Published
- 1st Oct 2022
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World
- Size
- 235 mm x 165 mm
- Pages
- 288 Pages
- Illustrations
- 246 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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