Notes to the Reader

Hoving, Kirsten

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Notes to the Reader

Kirsten Hoving

Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars

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Kirsten Hoving

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23816

Notes to the Reader

ABBREVIATIONS

AAA	Joseph Cornell papers, 1804–1986, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. References given as microfilm citation: reel number/frame number; digital scan citation: series number/box number/folder number/image scan number. In a few cases, material on microfilm has not been scanned. By permission of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
JCSC	Materials in the Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum: Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benton and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
CSM	Christian Science Monitor
NYT	New York Times

NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTIONS AND CAPITALIZATION

I have attempted to transcribe Cornell’s letters, diary entries, and other writing as accurately as possible, retaining his capitalization, underlining, and misspellings. When he has clearly struck out words or passages and substituted others, I include the stricken words if they are significant to the ideas under discussion. When they are unnecessarily confusing or impossible to replicate in text form, I have chosen the substituted words. When transcribing passes from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, I have retained the capitalization of words such as “Mind” and “Truth.” In my own text, when referring to these Christian Science synonyms for God, I follow this capitalization convention.

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BOOKJoseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars

Kirsten Hoving

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23752

Joseph Cornell and Astronomy provides an in-depth look at one artist’s intense fascination with the science of astronomy. Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) has often been viewed as a recluse, isolated in his home on Utopia Parkway, lost in the fairy tales and charming objects of his collages and assemblage boxes. Less commonly known has been Cornell’s vested and serious interest in the history of astronomy and the cutting-edge discoveries made during his own lifetime. An avid reader, he amassed a library of books and articles about science and astronomy, and his reflections about these subjects had a direct impact on his art.

This book explores why astronomy captivated Cornell, and considers hundreds of his works—found-footage films, three-dimensional space-object boxes, enigmatic collages, and cosmic ephemera—that contain references to astronomical phenomena. Kirsten Hoving considers Cornell’s enormous collection of astronomy materials, ranging from eighteenth-century books to recent works; newspaper and magazine articles that Cornell clipped and sorted; and diary entries of his observations while stargazing in his backyard. She examines how Cornell explored many dimensions of astronomy through his identities as a Christian Scientist and surrealist artist.

Unfolding Cornell’s work with depth and breadth, Joseph Cornell and Astronomy offers a convincing and original appreciation of this intriguing American artist.

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Kirsten Hoving

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Print publication date December 2008 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780691134987

EISBN 9780300275605

Illustrations 148

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