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- catalog abstract ""Dangerous Curves presents 400 years of guitar design and history, from ornamental Italian and French models of the seventeenth century to the five-neck electric used by the hard-rock band Cheap Trick. The 180 full-color photographs by Carl Tremblay show this most versatile and enduring of musical instruments in all its shapes, sizes, and mutations: jazz behemoths to minimalist "sticks": guitars shaped like bells, frying pans, rocket ships, Cubist sculptures, and functioning crutches: guitars made of chrome steel, aluminum, plastic, graphite, and fiberglass: guitars that stand on pedestals, sit on laps, fit into backpacks, or inflate." "The book features 110 such guitars, each accompanied by a brief discussion of its history and manufacture, while the introductory essay by music historian and guitarist Lenny Kaye places the guitar in context as one of the most potent cultural icons of our time. Included throughout are comments - a number of them written specifically for this book - by some two dozen notable modern guitarists, including Julian Bream, Bonnie Raitt, Pete Townshend, Lucinda Williams, Adrien Belew, Ani DiFranco, and Leo Kottke, which provide a more personal view of the guitar and its music." "Published in conjunction with a major exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dangerous Curves is an essential work for anyone who has ever experienced the insistent, sometimes troubling, always powerful seduction of a beautifully fashioned and well-played guitar."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Art of the guitar".
- catalog contributor b12047890.
- catalog contributor b12047891.
- catalog contributor b12047892.
- catalog contributor b12047893.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Dangerous Curves presents 400 years of guitar design and history, from ornamental Italian and French models of the seventeenth century to the five-neck electric used by the hard-rock band Cheap Trick. The 180 full-color photographs by Carl Tremblay show this most versatile and enduring of musical instruments in all its shapes, sizes, and mutations: jazz behemoths to minimalist "sticks": guitars shaped like bells, frying pans, rocket ships, Cubist sculptures, and functioning crutches: guitars made of chrome steel, aluminum, plastic, graphite, and fiberglass: guitars that stand on pedestals, sit on laps, fit into backpacks, or inflate." "The book features 110 such guitars, each accompanied by a brief discussion of its history and manufacture, while the introductory essay by music historian and guitarist Lenny Kaye places the guitar in context as one of the most potent cultural icons of our time. Included throughout are comments - a number of them written specifically for this book - by some two dozen notable modern guitarists, including Julian Bream, Bonnie Raitt, Pete Townshend, Lucinda Williams, Adrien Belew, Ani DiFranco, and Leo Kottke, which provide a more personal view of the guitar and its music." "Published in conjunction with a major exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dangerous Curves is an essential work for anyone who has ever experienced the insistent, sometimes troubling, always powerful seduction of a beautifully fashioned and well-played guitar."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Baroque guitars -- Early six-string -- Lyre guitars and other hybrids -- The modern classical and flaminco guitar -- Turn-of-the-century guitars -- Harp guitars -- Flat-top guitars -- Arch-top guitars -- Hawaiian, resonator, and lap steel guitars -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- New materials -- The 1970s -- Minimalism -- The 1980s -- Customization -- The 1990s.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]) and index.".
- catalog extent "223 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dangerous curves.".
- catalog identifier "0878464786 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0878464859 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dangerous curves.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : MFA Publications,".
- catalog relation "Dangerous curves.".
- catalog subject "Guitar Construction.".
- catalog subject "Guitar Design and construction.".
- catalog subject "Guitar Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Guitar History.".
- catalog subject "Guitar Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "ML1015.G9 K87 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Baroque guitars -- Early six-string -- Lyre guitars and other hybrids -- The modern classical and flaminco guitar -- Turn-of-the-century guitars -- Harp guitars -- Flat-top guitars -- Arch-top guitars -- Hawaiian, resonator, and lap steel guitars -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- New materials -- The 1970s -- Minimalism -- The 1980s -- Customization -- The 1990s.".
- catalog title "Art of the guitar".
- catalog title "Dangerous curves : the art of the guitar / [curated by] Darcy Kuronen ; foreword by Lenny Kaye ; photographs by Carl Tremblay and others.".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".