Sculpture Books
Arnoldsche Claude Champy: Stardust / Poussières d’étoiles
Book SynopsisThe Frenchman Claude Champy (*1944) brings together man and the cosmos in his ceramics. In his studio, mechanical, geological, and chemical processes fuse to form a ceramic total work of art - guided by the barely visible yet influential human gesture. Despite the ceramicist wishing to capture the great forces of the universe in his work, he consciously consigns this part to trial and error, to an intentional loss of control, relying instead on the inherent logic of the material and fire. In Stardust Champy permits insights into his studio practice, his more recent artworks, and his work philosophy by providing commentary on his own sculptures and having them contextualised by experts. What results is a personal book on a unique artist, a retrospective on an oeuvre that is as powerful as it is elemental. Text in English and French.
£39.20
Arnoldsche Martin Kargruber from the inside out
Book SynopsisThis book presents the works by sculptor Martin Kargruber (b. 1965), from South Tyrol, Italy, who forms each of his distinctive sculptural objects from a single piece of solid wood. Text in English, German and Italian.
£25.60
Arnoldsche Art Publishers Irene Nordli
£28.90
Arnoldsche Art Publishers Gertraud Möhwald
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£30.60
Sandstein Verlag Meisterwerke Der Renaissance Und Des Barock:
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£18.81
Sandstein Verlag Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister: Museumsfuhrer
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£12.95
Steidl Publishers Manuela Alexejew / Thomas Kausch: It’s not about
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£27.20
Steidl Publishers Joseph Beuys: Intuition!: Dimensions of the Early
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£36.00
Steidl Publishers Jim Dine: Grace and Beauty
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£29.75
Turner Publicaciones, S.L. Adrián Fernández: Memorias pendientes / Pending
Book SynopsisLatest production of Cuban artist, Adrián Fernández, concerned with the impact of material culture, history and memory on contemporary man. Interested in the symbols that represent ideologies and that construct collective identities, he searches in his photography for the memory of the historical past and its impact on his cultural present. His work is organised in series that sometimes interconnect and complement each other. Each new series is a consequence of the previous one, with similar concerns and interests, from black and white photography with a documentary perspective, to studio photography, to the use of digital media and colour photography. His sculptural work is developed in installations, in which he uses assemblage and welding of metal and carbon steel. Text in English and Spanish.Table of ContentsUntitled Landscapes for a World with No Name, Iván de la Nuez Adrián Fernández's Ten-Story Tall Metaphors, Malcolm Daniel Series Archive Pending Memories Monument to the Incomplete Man Exhibitions Monumento al hombre incompleto 13 Bienal de La Habana Pending Memories Memorias Pendientes About the artist
£22.80
Strandberg Publishing Unity of Knowledge: Scrapbook from the Niels Bohr
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£36.00
Strandberg Publishing Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
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£29.75
Skira Lucio Fontana Catalogue Raisonné (Bilingual
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£294.50
Skira Chiara Dynys
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£75.00
Skira Kesang Lamdark
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£46.40
Skira Giorgio Andreotta Calò: “CITTÀDIMILANO”
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£21.25
Skira Sofia Goscinski
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£27.20
Skira Roxy Paine: Dioramas
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£33.60
Skira Enrico Castellani: Catalogue Raisonné: Volume III
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£170.05
Skira Tony Tasset
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£33.60
Skira Ugo Rondinone (Bilingual edition): burn shine fly
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£25.50
Skira Kazen Cecco Bonanotte Museum Multilingual edition
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£32.00
Skira Georgy Frangulyan: Off-Modern
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£32.00
Skira Editore Reza Aramesh
Book SynopsisSerubiri Moses is an author and curator, adjunct assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College, New York. Recently he curated the Greater New York exhibition at MoMA PS1 in 2021. Bjorn Stern is an art historian, independent art advisor and artists manager. He is the founder of SternArts Stjarna, a bespoke fine art service based in London.
£32.00
Skira Amin Gulgee
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£41.25
Skira Editore Jiri Georg Dokoupil
Book SynopsisReiner Opoku is a Berlin based art consultant and international art agent. He has curated numerous international art exhibitions since the early 1980s, and is representing a variety of renowned contemporary artists.
£23.80
Mondadori Electa Gianluca Pacchioni Minimal/Baroque: Life, Art,
Book SynopsisThis book is an exploration of the artistic world of Gianluca Pacchioni, from the backstage of his workshop in Milan to his incredible studio-house, as well as finished projects and open-air installations. It also touches on his inspiration, which is drawn from a mix of Italian classicism and Japanese minimalism, with a dash of French seventeenth-century decorative style. First based in Paris, where Pacchioni became a sculptor in the 1990s, and then in Milan, his hometown, his atelier constantly forges sculptures and limited-edition furniture produced for international clients. As a pioneer in the art and design world, his approach to art is experimental and innovative, and over the years he has shifted from iron to stainless steel, and his most recent works have been made with cast bronze and semiprecious stones and marble.
£52.50
Rizzoli Electa The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces
Book SynopsisLast published in a nineteenth-century catalogue, the distinguished Torlonia Collection of more than 600 priceless Greek and Roman works marbles and bronzes, reliefs and sarcophagi, depictions of gods, and portraits of emperors is one of the most important assemblages of classical sculptures still in private hands anywhere in the world. This eagerly awaited volume presents a selection of nearly 100 sculptures, which have been chosen for their quality and historic significance and which will be featured in an unprecedented exhibition designed by David Chipperfield and held in the Villa Caffarelli, near the Musei Capitolini in Rome, before touring globally. The legendary aura surrounding this, Rome s last princely collection, is due not only to its extraordinary scope and the high quality of the works, but also to the fact that the collection has not been available to the public for decades. This revelatory book features multiple essays by leading experts on the history of the collection and scholarly entries for the works detailing important discoveries made through archaeological research as well as the cleaning and conservation of the sculptures.Trade Review"Inaccessibility fueled its mystique, and the Torlonia Collection became the stuff of legend. After decades of negotiations and false starts, the public will be able to decide whether reality lives up to the myth when 96 statues go on display at the Palazzo Caffarelli, part of the Capitoline Museums here, in March. The exhibition, “The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces,” will be open for a nine-month stint, a prelude to a grand tour." — NEW YORK TIMES "The Torlonia Collection is one of the most important collections of classical sculpture still in private hands. Only a few people have ever glimpsed the 620 works in storage." —ARTNET.COM
£27.20
MER Paper Kunsthalle Luciano Fabro: from Contratto Sociale to Colonna
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£23.28
MER Paper Kunsthalle No Obstactle, No Image
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£37.05
MER Paper Kunsthalle Gni_ri_2014
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£60.30
MER Paper Kunsthalle The Futility of Good Intentions: Que Le Importa
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£33.25
MER Paper Kunsthalle Walden & Other Suspicions
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£37.52
MER Paper Kunsthalle Vibrations off
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£19.00
MER Paper Kunsthalle Night of the World
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£19.00
Oxford University Press Corpus of AngloSaxon Stone Sculpture Volume VI Northern Yorkshire
Book SynopsisThe rich and diverse visual heritage of Northern Yorkshire in the pre-Conquest period is revealed in this major addition to the much-admired Corpus series. This volume surveys the sculpture in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding those parts already covered in Volume III). The total of some 400 carvings include important pre-Viking Age monuments, such as the crosses at Croft, Easby and Masham. The excavated sculpture from Whitby Abbey include a range of inscriptions which form crucial epigraphical evidence for our understanding of the pre-Conquest monastery. But Anglo-Scandinavian monuments predominate, with major collections at Brompton, Kirklevington and Lythe. A number of workshops have been identified and it was in this area that the hogback recumbent memorial first appeared. Much of the Anglian sculpture has stylistic connections with western Yorkshire and Mercia, and the wider connections with Europe are manifest in the iconography and styles of the great crosses at Trade ReviewThere is much to be appreciated in this volume. The summary of earlier research relating to the area is both informed and informative ... The evident care and determination with which distinguished scholars have brought this volume through to publication is due testimony to the great respect in which James Lang's memory is held. Yet this book is more than just a tribute. Alongside the sculptures themselves, it is a monumental collection of scholarship that future generations can continue to study and learn from, with growing respect for those who went before them whose hands produced it. * Archaeological Journal *... forms a fine memorial to Lang's life work as a teacher and scholar ... Northern Yorkshire is not only work well completed, but work which will continue to influence understanding of the rich corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *... a work of immense value ... continue[s] the high standards already set by the British Academy Corpus. * Northern History *Like its predecessors this volume provides a firm foundation for numerous research projects. * YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society) *... produced to the usual high standards set by this series with a superb set of photographs and authoritative catalogue entries covering the discovery of the stones, description of the sculpture and its geology, with a discussion and bibliography for each stone. There are also introductory essays on the regional geology by John Senior and the inscriptions by John Higgitt. * YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society) *This tremendous addition to the British Academy's Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture is a fitting tribute to James Lang. * YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society) *
£137.75
Oxford University Press Corpus of AngloSaxon Stone Sculpture Volume IX
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from this region. As little documentary evidence survives from the area, the sculpture is vital to understanding the early development of the Church, the shifting relationships between communities, and the ways in which political affiliations gave access to a variety of cultural centers across England, Ireland, mainland Europe and Scandinavia. Among the significant carvings are the crosses at Sandbach with their elaborate figural sculpture and the delicate carvings from Halton and Hornby in the Lune valley. Much of the work is of the 10th- and 11th-century Viking period, and shows an intriguing mixture of Scandinavian-derived motifs alongside Christian iconography.Introductory chapters set the material within its historical, topographical and art-historical context.Trade ReviewThis is an impeccably researched and produced volume which makes an important contribution to our understanding of the ecclesiastical and socio-economic history of the north-west. * Grenville Astill, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *a gold mine of information and analysis... Bailey's volume is an erudite, essential reference work, and successful because it inspires more questions and research directions about the material. * Meggen M. Gondek, English Historical Review *this volume offers a very welcome addition to the CASSS series and early medieval stone sculpture studies as a whole ... the volume will encourage greater scholarly debate about the region's sculpture. The quality of the descriptive information and accompanying photographs ensures the assemblage is wholly accessible for the first time and Bailey's meticulous biographical research will enable those of us who wish to set monuments within their landscape context, the opportunity to do so on a regional and national scale. * Joanne Kirton, Early Medieval Europe *
£85.50
Oxford University Press Corpus of AngloSaxon Stone Sculpture XII Nottinghamshire
Book SynopsisCarved and decorated stone-work is a rare survival from the period before the Norman Conquest. In Nottinghamshire it survives as large crosses and as small fragments - to be found in churches, in public spaces and in museum collections. This is the first book to provide an authoritative listing, description and illustration of all examples of this type of decorated stone sculpture in Nottinghamshire. Each example is illustrated in a substantial catalogue containing high quality photographs, maps and interpretative drawings. In the introductory chapters the authors explore the geological and historical background of the sculptures and provide an overview of the types of style and ornament.The new information revealed by the systematic study of these major survivals of Anglo-Saxon art and archaeology demonstrates the major contribution that this category of material can make to an obscure and under-investigated period in Midlands history. Nottinghamshire emerges with a distinctive identiTrade Reviewthis volume maintains all that is excellent about previous CASSS volumes, while demonstrating that, despite a formulaic methodology, new approaches and, consequently, new insights can be generated within the current scope of this long- running project. * Joanne Kirton, Medieval Archaeology *Table of ContentsChristopher F. Higgins: Foreword 1: Earlier Research 2: Regional Geology 3: Historical Background to the Sculpture 4: Style and Ornament 5: Introduction to the Monument Groupings 6: Architectural Sculpture 7: Conclusions - Sculpture and History 8: Overlap and the Continuing Tradition Catalogue: Nottinghamshire
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Aspects
Book SynopsisStretching lengths of yarn across interior spaces, American artist Fred Sandback (1943 2003) created expansive works that underscore the physical presence of the viewer. This book, the first major study of Sandback, explores the full range of his art, which not only disrupts traditional conceptions of material presence, but also stages an ethics of interaction between object and observer. Drawing on Sandback's substantial archive, Edward A. Vazquez demonstrates that the artist's work with all its physical slightness and attentiveness to place, as well as its relationship to minimal and conceptual art of the 1960s creates a link between viewers and space that is best understood as sculptural even as it almost surpasses physical form. At the same time, the economy of Sandback's site-determined practice draws viewers' focus to their connection to space and others sharing it. As Vazquez shows, Sandback's art aims for nothing less than a total recalibration of the senses, as the spectator is caught on neither one side nor the other of an object or space, but powerfully within it.
£41.80
The University of Chicago Press The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek
Book SynopsisIn the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories.Trade Review"This is a big and ambitious volume, beautifully written by one of the leading new voices in the field of Greek visual art. From its rich and challenging introduction on the theory of interpretation to its brilliant reading of the Tyrranicides, this work is unlike any other in its field." - James I. Porter, University of California, Irvine"
£76.00
Pennsylvania State University Press Iconoclasm in New York Revolution to Reenactment
Book SynopsisExplores iconoclasm in American art history, focusing on the destruction of the statue of King George III in New York City in 1776. Argues that the destruction of art and objects has propelled the formation of an American creation story.Trade Review“A triumphant endorsement of the power of objects to act upon the human imagination.”—Caroline Culp Panorama“A timely study, given recent interest in removing Confederate statuary, this interdisciplinary volume will resonate with readers interested in history as well as those studying public monuments and memory. Highly recommended.”—J. Decker Choice“Bellion investigates many other pockets of American culture in her exploration of iconoclasm and its fractured meanings. The extent of her research is breathtaking, and her agile wit and engaging style keep the reader striding through the text. Somehow her command of theoretical work from a variety of disciplines manages to burnish rather than deaden the text. Eleven color plates and fifty-one black and white illustrations also give the reader plenty of visual material to ponder.”—Benjamin L. Carp The Gotham Center for New York City History“Vivid and visceral, Iconoclasm in New York weaves a brilliant tapestry of meanings from a moment of ritual violence in 1776 New York. Untangling the paradox of the always-toppling, never-quite-vanquished King George III, Wendy Bellion plumbs a central mystery of American culture. To see the destructive creation of the United States through Bellion’s keen eyes is to witness the American Revolution transformed.”—Jane Kamensky,author of A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley“Wendy Bellion has one of the most powerful interpretive voices helping us see what the early United States imagined of itself and for itself. In her new book on the power of destructive acts, she looks closely at the art of destruction, showing us how King George III fell and rose (along with other emblems of monarchy and Great Britain) in a pattern that continues to this day. I’m looking forward to regularly reading, teaching, and thinking through Iconoclasm in New York.”—Karin Wulf,author of Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia“Bellion’s provocative and timely study weaves together the geographic, environmental, political, and sensory landscapes of New York City to create a highly original contribution to scholarship on the American Revolution and its memorialization.”—Matthew Dziennik The William and Mary Quarterly“Meticulously researched and vividly written, Iconoclasm in New York provides a model for the field, demonstrating that the practice of art history can be at once expansive in scope and highly specific in its claims.”—Catherine Roach Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide“Iconoclasm in New York will be indispensable to interdisciplinary scholarship on the episode and illuminating to work on American iconoclasm and commemoration. The abundant archival research is inestimable; the book is brimming with exciting discoveries and new features of what once seemed a familiar story. This deep history solidifies the pivotal role of iconoclasm in a myth of American origins.”—Michelle Sizemore Early American Literature“Bellion’s book helps me to contextualize and understand at least two forms of iconoclasm that we are experiencing today, both nationally and on a global scale: one that rejects monuments to white supremacy and imperialism and another that defends those monuments and would see anything that threatens them toppled in their stead.”—Kirsten Pai Buick Winterthur Portfolio
£26.96
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Hellenistic Sculpture II The Styles of ca. 200100 B.C.
Book SynopsisScrutinizes most of the best-known pieces of Greek sculpture to determine what can be securely considered to have been produced during 200-100 BC. This book reveals a tentative but plausible picture of the artistic trends of this fascinating period.Trade ReviewWithout doubt the most influential scholar of Greek sculpture of the last thirty years. - Mark Fullerton, author of The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary
£24.95
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Iconography of Sculptured Statue Bases in the
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive collection of material on sculptured statue bases which should be of interest to archaeologists, historians of art and of religion, and scholars of ancient culture (including athletics and gender studies).Trade ReviewThis comprehensive material on sculptured statue bases has never been gathered and presented before in any language, so Kosmopoulou's work is of great importance for archaeologists, historians of art and of religion, and scholars of ancient culture (including athletics and gender studies). - Brunilde S. Ridgway, Bryn Mawr College, author of Hellenistic Sculpture, volumes 1-3
£37.76
Yale University Press The Sculptures of the Parthenon Aesthetics
Book SynopsisAn overview of the sculptures of the Parthenon, presenting interpretations of the ancient temple's sculptural creation. It focuses on the meanings of the sculptures in the light of classical Athenian knowledge and society, and considers what they reveal about the Greek sense of democracy.
£52.25
Yale University Press Body Doubles
Book SynopsisLate nineteenth-century Britain experienced an explosion of interest in sculpture. Sculptors of the New Sculpture movement sought a new direction and a modern idiom for their art. This book analyzes for the first time the art-theoretical concerns of the late-Victorian sculptors, focusing on their attitudes toward representation of the human body. David J. Getsy uncovers a previously unrecognized sophistication in the New Sculpture through close study of works by key figures in the movement: Frederic Leighton, Alfred Gilbert, Hamo Thornycroft, Edward Onslow Ford, and James Havard Thomas. These artists sought to activate and animate the conventional format of the ideal statue so that it would convincingly stand in for both a living body and an ideal image. Getsy demonstrates the conceptual complexity of the New Sculptors and places their concerns within the larger framework of modern sculpture. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
£38.00
Yale University Press Socrates Sculpture Park
Book SynopsisSocrates Sculpture Park is one of the most acclaimed public art spaces in the country. This book presents the history, spirit, and nature of this collaborative enterprise through photographs and essays that reveal the beauty, energy, and import of this successful public art space.
£30.00
Yale University Press The Silent Rhetoric of the Body
Book SynopsisLooks at a neglected corner of eighteenth-century art - the funeral monument. This book demonstrates that tombs and inscriptions are of manifest worth to the student of eighteenth-century English value systems, providing as they do an archaeology of ideal types.
£52.25
Yale University Press Rethinking Recarving Ideals Practices and
Book SynopsisA collection of essay, which reexamine the Wu Family Shrines pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China, helping readers understand the long cultural history behind them. It addresses the ideals, practices, and problems of the Wu Family Shrines and Han China; and Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions.
£45.00
