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Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra |  | Author: Bill Buford
Creator: Walton Ford
Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc
List Price: $70.00
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2969
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.2
Dimensions (in): 15 x 11.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 3822852376
Dewey Decimal Number: 704
EAN: 9783822852378
ASIN: 3822852376
Publication Date: September 3, 2009
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Product Description
At first glance, Walton Ford s large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' nature of traditional natural history themes. The beasts and birds populating this contemporary artist's life-size paintings are never mere objects, but dynamic actors in allegorical struggles: a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw; a troupe of monkeys wreak havoc on a formal dinner table, an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. The book's title derives from The Pancha Tantra, an ancient Indian book of animal tales considered the precursor to Aesop s Fables.
This large-format edition includes an in-depth exploration of Walton Ford s oeuvre, a complete biography, and excerpts from his textual inspirations: Vietnamese folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin, the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and Audubon s Ornithological Biography.
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What a buy! September 23, 2009
JazzLeopard (New York, NY)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of Ford's work, and I've been trying to get some printed resources for a year. All the calendars and previous boooks are out of print or too expensive, so when this edition became available at this price I almost went nuts.
And this beautiful book does not disappoint. The color plates are gorgeous, the wonderful pages showing details are crisp, and the superb text by Bill Buford is illumnating. I am ecstatic about this purchase. One of the best deals I have ever had on Amazon.com.
Pancha Tantra is Amazing September 11, 2009
E. Alis (San Francisco, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely amazing! I only learned of Ford after seeing his work on the cover of naturalist book of essays and was instantly captivated. I am happy to finally have a book with so many wonderful images of his art, both full images of the paintings as well as close-ups of certain details. Ford's incredible work is wonderfully presented in this affordable edition.
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