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Featuring color photos on every page, this coffee table art book profiles labyrinths and mazes around the world, from Renaissance hedge mazes to contemporary art and architecture projects from Chris Drury, Dan Graham, Arata Isozaki, and Yoko Ono. The book notes the evolution of labyrinths and mazes and changes in materials, design, and construction. Artist biographies are included. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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The labyrinth is one of the world's oldest symbols, and its meaning is often shrouded in myth and mystery or ties to religious rites. Today, this enigmatic form inspires artists to create their own interpretations in different, even unusual, ways, including by working with materials as varied as ice, snow, salt, wood, stone, glass, cement, and metal. This new collection features both classical examples and the best contemporary projects, showcasing work by artists, landscape artists, and architects from around the world. The diverse and stunning examples include pavement labyrinths of thirteenth-century French cathedrals, a historic English turf maze, Renaissance hedge mazes, and numerous present-day projects by artists and architects, including BIG, Chris Drury, Richard Fleischner, Dan Graham, Robert Irwin, Arata Isozaki, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, and Billie Tsien and Tod Williams.
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