Synopsis "Ugo Mulas: Creative Intersections"
An insider's photographic history of postwar Italian and American artBeginning his career in 1940, Italian photographer Ugo Mulas (1928–73) became a central figure in documenting postwar contemporary art. This volume presents Mulas’ black-and-white photographs―two decades of the Venice Biennale, New York in the 1960s, and close friends and artists Fontana, Consagra, Melotti and Pisoletto. Read more Read less P.when('DynamicIframe').execute(function(DynamicIframe){ var BookDescriptionIframe = null, bookDescEncodedData = "%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3EAn%20insider%27s%20photographic%20history%20of%20postwar%20Italian%20and%20American%20art%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp%3EBeginning%20his%20career%20in%201940%2C%20Italian%20photographer%20Ugo%20Mulas%20%281928%E2%80%9373%29%20became%20a%20central%20figure%20in%20documenting%20postwar%20contemporary%20art.%20This%20volume%20presents%20Mulas%E2%80%99%20black-and-white%20photographs%E2%80%95two%20decades%20of%20the%20Venice%20Biennale%2C%20New%20York%20in%20the%201960s%2C%20and%20close%20friends%20and%20artists%20Fontana%2C%20Consagra%2C%20Melotti%20and%20Pisoletto.%3C%2Fp", bookDescriptionAvailableHeight, minBookDescriptionInitialHeight = 112, options = {}, iframeId = "bookDesc_iframe"; function resizeCallback() { P.guardFatal("bookDescription", function() { // Get the line-height of the iframe var iframe = document.getElementById(iframeId); var iframeDocument = iframe.contentDocument; if (false && iframeDocument && iframeDocument.defaultView) { // Set the height to the number of lines specified var numLines = parseInt(0, 10); // Get the line-height of the iframe var iframeContent = iframeDocument.getElementById("iframeContent"); // Compute the line height var lineHeight = iframeDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(iframeContent, null).getPropertyValue("line-height"); // Parse the line height lineHeight = parseFloat(lineHeight); bookDescriptionAvailableHeight = Math.round(lineHeight * numLines); } else { var bdOffsetTop = document.getElementById("bookDescription_feature_div").offsetTop; var imageBlockOffsetTop = document.getElementById("booksImageBlock_feature_div").offsetTop; var imageBlockHeight = document.getElementById("booksImageBlock_feature_div").offsetHeight; bookDescriptionAvailableHeight = imageBlockOffsetTop + imageBlockHeight -bdOffsetTop - 30; if(bookDescriptionAvailableHeight bookDescriptionAvailableHeight + 30){ if(document.getElementById("bdSeeLessPrompt").style.display == "none"){ document.getElementById("outer_postBodyPS").style.height = bookDescriptionAvailableHeight + 'px'; document.getElementById("psPlaceHolder").style.display ="block"; document.getElementById("bdSeeAllPrompt").style.display ="block"; } else{ document.getElementById("outer_postBodyPS").style.height = psTotalHeight + 'px'; } } else{ document.getElementById("outer_postBodyPS").style.height = psTotalHeight + 'px'; document.getElementById("psPlaceHolder").style.display ="none"; document.getElementById("bdSeeAllPrompt").style.display ="block"; document.getElementById("bdSeeLessPrompt").style.display ="none"; document.getElementById("bdExpanderIcon").className = document.getElementById("bdExpanderIcon").className.replace("rotate",""); } })(); } options.iframeId = iframeId; options.iframeWrapperId = "bookDesc_iframe_wrapper"; options.overriddenCSSId = "bookDesc_override_CSS"; options.encodedIframeContent = bookDescEncodedData; options.initialResizeCallback = resizeCallback; BookDescriptionIframe = new DynamicIframe(options); P.guardFatal("bookDescription", function() { BookDescriptionIframe.createIframe(); }) (); if ((typeof BookDescriptionIframe != 'undefined') && (BookDescriptionIframe instanceof DynamicIframe)) { P.when('jQuery', 'book-description-config').execute(function($, config) { $(window).resize(function() { P.guardFatal("bookDescription", function() { BookDescriptionIframe.resizeIframe(resizeCallback); }) (); }); $(window).bind('imageResize', function() { P.guardFatal("bookDescription", function() { BookDescriptionIframe.resizeIframe(resizeCallback); }) (); }); // Log interactivity timestamp if (!!config.logInteractivity) { if (typeof window.markFeatureInteractive === 'function') { window.markFeatureInteractive('bookDescription'); } } }); } });
