Book by Gibson, Michael Francis, Alechinsky, Pierre

Pierre Alechinsky: Margin and Center

Gibson, Michael Francis

Alechinsky, Pierre

Arts & Photography

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

"The Riddle of the Seal" is the first episode of Chronicles of the Greater Dream by Miguel Errazu A sweeping epic of tremendous scope, imagination and sensibility. "It is in the tradition of the great fantasies - I think of Ossian and Garcia Marquez. Just what the world needs at this perilous time." James Goldsborough, former foreign correspondent at the International Herald-Tribune. The story: Teddy, an amnesic youth, is detained in secret prison at the heart of a nameless desert. One day, a child beckons and leads him into the fearful waste. Three men are waiting. They whisk him away and fly him to Gondwana, a huge nation-continent forgotten by the world. The author's astonishing powers of invention propel us beyond time and space, into a strangely familiar world that is a mirror-image of our own. Izhar Cohen's witty and poetic illustrations weave a delightful counterpoint into the three episodes of these Chronicles that relate Teddy's epic journey through the land. Setting it down, we begin to wonder: when we already have the inexhaustible magic of the everyday, what further magic is required?

The Riddle of the Seal (Chronicles of the Greater Dream)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

ERRAZU, MIGUEL

Fantasy

Univ of Levana Pr

Michael Francis Gibson’s The Mill and the Cross leads the reader into a surprising painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder – The Way to Calvary – an ambiguous work which all at once illustrates the Passion of Christ and the execution of a Reformation preacher in a city rather like Antwerp where Bruegel lived in the early 1560s. The book was praised by the New York Times when it was first published in 2001: “as readable and riveting as a first-class spy-thriller.” Ten years later the Polish film director Lech Majewski brought out his feature film based on the book and starring Charlotte Rampling, Michael York and Rutger Hauer. The film has been widely acclaimed around the world (see www.themillandthecross.com) This new edition of the book benefits from new and more detailed pictures which allow the reader to discover a number of stunning details that visitors to the museum cannot hope to see. « These details, » says Philippe de Montebello, Emeritus Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, "show how each gesture, each posture, is so absolutely right, that our admiration for Pieter Bruegel the Elder is, amazingly, ratcheted up a notch… Just sensational”. For more information about the book see www.the-university-of-levana-press.com

The MIll and the Cross: Peter Bruegel's Way to Calvary

History & Criticism

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Le Moulin et la Croix, de Michael Francis Gibson plonge le lecteur dans un surprenant tableau de Pierre Breugel l’Aîné – Le Portement de Crois – une œuvre ambiguë qui illustre à la fois la passion du Christ et l’exécution d’un prédicateur de la Réforme à l’époque de Bruegel lui-même. Ce livre qui, selon le New York Times, est « aussi lisible et fascinant qu’un roman d’espionnage de premier ordre, » inspira le film de Lech Majewski, Bruegel - le Moulin et la Croix, lancé au Louvre en avril 2011 avec Charlotte Rampling, Michael York et Rutger Hauer (www.themillandthecross.com). Cette nouvelle édition du livre s’appuie sur de nouvelles photos détaillées qui permettent au lecteur de découvrir des détails étonnants et jamais encore vus. « Ces détails, » dit Philippe de Montebello, Directeur Emérite du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York, « à notre émerveillement, rehaussent encore d’un cran l’admiration que nous vouons à Pierre Bruegel l’Aîné. » Pour plus de renseignements sur le livre voir www.the-university-of-levana-press.com.

Le Moulin et la Croix: Le Portement de Croix de Pierre Bruegel l'Aîné (French Edition)

Michael Gibson's perceptive eye and limpid prose lead the viewer effortlessly through the story of Christ's passion as told in Peter Bruegel's Way to Calvary - an astonishing work, laced with allusions to the harsh political and religious climate King Philip II of Spain imposed on the artist's native land. Having sketched out the historical background, Gibson goes on to argue the painting's relevance to the contemporary world. In doing so, he develops an innovative theory of image and myth.

The Mill and the Cross - Peter Bruegel's "Way to Calvary"

Acatos Pub