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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 769.92
EAN: 9780486435008
ISBN: 0486435008
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: March 16, 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 76026
Studio: Dover Publications
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The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free 'woodcut' narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s. The intricate woodcuts transcend all barriers of language, and fresh details reward the eye with every review. 139 black-and-white illustrations.
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This is an amazing wordless novel that somehow speaks volumes. I would just like to point out a mistake that many reviewers have made concerning this classic. Ward used little words in this work at least we should get the title right. The title is "Gods' Man" not "God's Man", this simple placement of the apostrophe makes all the difference and adds another level for which we can read the work. This work can be "read" over and over again, it is amazing and a great statement about the plight of artists ... Read More
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I have no doubt this artist from the 1920's put much meticulous and thought provoking imagery into his work based on the positive book reviews by others. But look carefully at the title and you have to wonder what the author's intent was when he titled the book GODS' MAN and not GOD'S MAN. The former may suggest a multitude of minor gods and the latter suggests one and only GOD. I will not buy or read this book based on DR M. Scott Peck's book titled 'Glimpses of the Devil'. I purchased and read Dr. Peck's ... Read More
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It is wonderful to have this book back in print after so many decades. This is a real achievement in visual storytelling, and helped blaze the trail for the modern graphic novel.
The format is starkly simple: one woodcut image per page, black on white. Woodcut isn't a tonal process - grades of light and dark come from alternations of white and black, for which Ward favors fields of parallel lines. His vision tends towards angular, harsh geometries; still, he uses this style in some surprisingly ... Read More
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Susan Sontag, in her "Notes of Camp," included "God's Man"--along with the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, the operas of Bellini, and the original "King Kong"--in the canon of Camp. The novel does have a poignant simplicity. The characters are not human but symbols. The work resembles exquisite high-school poetry, dramatic, overly so. Redolent of a pubescent sexual fear. Cannot be taken seriously and as such must be taken seriously.
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I first ran across Lynd Ward's art at a Flea Market in Birmingham where a vendor had framed several pieces from one of his books. The images were so powerful that I had to know who the artist was. Lynd Ward, along with Virgil Finlay, has become one of the two major influences on my own black and white art and this book is one of his best. The story is clearly told with hauntingly beautiful, bold woodcut illustrations. This is probably the best of his woodcut novels. If you enjoy this novel I would also recommend ... Read More
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