Simon Pleasance (born 1944) is an Anglo-French art translator and writer. He was educated at St. Edward’s School, then

Keble College Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to th ...

., Oxford. He is a longtime resident of southern

Languedoc The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...

, France, and President of the environmental watchdog Observatoire des Paysages Audois. He has previously taught at the Istituto Britannico, Florence, 1966–1967 and worked with Fay Stender’s IPPrison Law Project, Oakland, California, 1971–1973

Publications

Original work

*Pleasance, Simon, et al. ''The Grimani Breviary: Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript Belonging to the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice''. Translated from the Italian'' Breviario Grimani'' by Linda Packer. . Delray Beach, Fla: Levenger Press, 2007. *Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods., eds. ''Portraits of Love: Great Romances of the 20th Century.'' New York: Filipacchi Pub, 2002.Originally published in France by Editions Filipacchi, Société Sonodip, Paris Match. *Pleasance, Simon. Marc, Macke Und Delaunay ''The Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914) ; n the Occasion of the Exhibition Marc, Macke and Delaunay - the Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914)'', Sprengel-Museum Hannover, 29. March - 19. July 2009 Hannover: Sprengel-Museum, 2009. *Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods. ''Charming hotels around the world''. Elle decor guide. New York, N.Y.: Filipacchi Pub, 2003. *Pleasance, Simon. ''Claude Lévêque, Herr monde: exposition,'' hiers, le Creux de l'Enfer 11 juin-17 septembre 2000. Thiers (Vallée des Usines, 63300): le Creux de l'enfer, 2000. Numerous art and other publications include studies on

Christian Boltanski Christian Liberté Boltanski (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French conceptual style. Early life Boltanski wa ...

Sophie Calle Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement known as Oulipo. ...

Jeff Koons Jeffrey Lynn Koons (; born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror- finish su ...

Annette Messager Annette Messager (born 30 November 1943) is a French visual artist. In 2005 she won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale for her artwork at the French Pavilion. In 2016, she won the prestigious Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award. ...

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...

François Morellet François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical a ...

, Aurélie Nemours, Fernando Pessoa,

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

, and Jean Tinguely; scores of catalogues from Alberti and Albers via Calder, Cocteau, Duchamp, Giacometti, the GRAV, Lichtenstein, Magritte, Miró, Smithson and Soutine to Wéry and Wines; collaborations with leading art critics and historians; and most recently major monographs on

Futurism Futurism ( it, Futurismo, link=no) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy, and to a lesser extent in other countries, in the early 20th century. It emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such ...

(Rome, Paris, London), and Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci & France, Carlo Pedretti, Château du Clos Lucé,/Campi Bisenzio, Italy, 2009-2010(Chât. Clos Lucé, Amboise).

Translations

* France. Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche. ''La forêt et les industries du bois 2006: données disponibles au 1er septembre 2005.: Forests and the wood and timber industries 2006 : data available as of 1 February 2005 '' Paris: SCEES, 2006. French text and English translation by Simon Pleasance (also earlier years,l 2000) *Guy Tosatto.''

Jörg Sasse Jörg Sasse (born 1962) is a German photographer. His work uses found images that are scanned, pixelated and manipulated. In 2003 Sasse won the Cologne Fine Art Award and in 2005 was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Priz ...

: tableaux & esquisses'' ; 'Exposition "Jörg Sasse, Tableaux & Esquisses" est présentée au Musée de Grenoble du 20 novembre 2004 au 24 janvier 2005 München: Schirmer/Mosel, 2004. Text in French, English (transl. Simon Pleasance and Fronza Woods), and German (transl. Matthias Wolf) * ''Stéphane Calais: boxe thaï.'' Orléans: HYX, 2002. French text, and English translation by Simon Pleasance.

References

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