Sculpture Books
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
University of Washington Press Trimpin
Book SynopsisCaptures a record of Trimpin's journey and places his work in the context of visual art, music composition, performance, ambitious engineering, acoustics, and installation art
£1,916.41
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
£22.46
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.
£37.50
Yale University Press A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain
Book SynopsisA dictionary that provides information on the work of over 3,000 sculptors working in Britain between 1660 and 1851.
£72.00
Yale University Press Eva Hesse Spectres 1960
Book SynopsisIn 1960 Eva Hesse (1936-1970) created an unusual group of oil paintings. Contrary to scholarship, which suggests that these works represent a form of self-deprecation, this book seeks to consider these 'spectre' paintings as manifestations of a private, haunted interiority in the context of the artist's burgeoning maturity.Trade Review“Provide(s) valuable new insights into the work of Eva Hesse.”—Woman’s Art Journal * Woman's Art Journal *
£38.25
Yale University Press Juan Mu241oz at the Clark
Book SynopsisThe celebrated Spanish sculptor Juan Munoz (1953-2001) died at the height of his powers, when he was considered 'one of the most complex artists. This title includes 30 photographs, documents a group of Munoz installations at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
£9.99
Yale University Press Caro Close Up Yale Center for British Art Icons
Book SynopsisWith a career spanning more than sixty years, Anthony Caro (b 1924) is one of Britain's most acclaimed and best-known sculptors. This book accompanies the first survey exhibition of his work in an American museum since his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1975.Trade Review“The artist who famously brought sculpture off the pedestal here appears fresh again . . . [with] arresting images of rarely-seen work.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
£49.50
Yale University Press The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence
Book SynopsisIn Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. The author questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images.Trade Review“The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence. . .is the fruit of long, sustained and carefully considered research.”—Richard Cork, Apollo -- Richard Cork * Apollo *“Megan Holmes’s The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence explores this fascinating and hitherto neglected subject with admirable clarity and insight.” —David Ekserdjian, The Spectator -- David Ekserdjian * The Spectator *Winner of the 2015 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award given by the College Art Association. -- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award * College Art Association *
£61.75
Yale University Press Kosta Alex
Book SynopsisThe Greek-American artist Kosta Alex (1925-2005) initially trained in figure sculpture in Manhattan. In 1947 he moved to Paris, where he mingled with and exhibited alongside the avant-garde artists of his day. This is a monograph on this intriguing artist.
£38.00
Yale University Press Jeff Koons
Book SynopsisA fresh and engaging look at the controversial work of Jeff Koons, with insightful analyses and illustrations of all of his iconic pieces alongside preparatory works and historical photographsTrade Review"Rothkopf’s clear and coolly measured catalogue introduction must be read by any serious critic of Koons, pro or con."—Peter Schjeldahl, New Yorker"A good primer for this controversial artist."—Lucy Davies, The Daily Telegraph
£42.75
Yale University Press The American West in Bronze 18501925
Book SynopsisFeatures sixty-five iconic bronzes that display a range of subjects, from portrayals of the noble Indian to rough-and-tumble scenes of rowdy cowboys to tributes to the pioneers who settled the lands west of the Mississippi.Trade Review"Must-have book for lovers of bronze sculpture and Western Art."—Maine Antique Digest -- M.A.D Staff * Main Antique Digest *
£42.75
Yale University Press Warm Flesh Cold Marble
Book SynopsisFocusing on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and his Danish rival Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), this book considers: the aesthetic autonomy of works of art, the gender of the subject, and the efficacy of marble as an imitative medium.
£38.25
Yale University Press The Marble Index
Book SynopsisExploring the relationship with painted portraits, conventions, settings, sitting, making and multiple production, this book argues that the new centrality and aesthetic ambition of the sculptural portrait were informed by Enlightenment notions of perception and selfhood.Trade Review“This book is beautifully laid out with superb photographs and details of sculpture illustrated, while the dense text provides a penetrating analysis of the subject… This ground-breaking compendium of observation and research accrued through years of experience, curating and teaching demands attentive reading.”—Tessa Murdoch, Burlington Magazine -- Tessa Murdoch * Burlington Magazine *
£45.00
Yale University Press Cast for Eternity Ancient Ritual Bronzes from the
Book SynopsisShowcasing more than thirty ancient bronzes from the exceptional holdings of the Shanghai Museum, this illustrated book offers a compelling overview of the beauty of Chinese bronzes and the traditions surrounding them. It also features an essay that serves as an introduction to these masterpieces.
£28.50
Yale University Press Sculpture Victorious
Book SynopsisHighlights the diversity, originality and ubiquity of sculptural production during the reign of Queen Victoria. This illustrated book examines how colourful marbles, bronzes, finely wrought silver, and exquisitely detailed electrotypes, as well as gems, cameos and porcelain, related to and contributed to the contemporary world.Trade Review‘Three cheers for the Yale Center for British Art and Tate Britain for collaborating on the exhibition “Sculpture Victorious” at Tate Britain… The show, accompanied by a scholarly catalogue of the same title, will also explains the evolution of the new technologies, styles, materials and ideas of the late British Empire.’—D. I , Art Newspaper. -- D.I. * Art Newspaper *“As sumptuous as its subject . . . illustrated by magnificent photography . . . essays by a distinguished group of scholars address every aspect of this fascinating art form . . . this book encompasses the subject in all its majesty.”—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Magazine Antiques -- Barrymore Laurence Scherer * Magazine Antiques *
£49.50
Yale University Press Baule Monkeys
Book SynopsisThe Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culturerough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors shed light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated. Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication also includes many unpublished field photographs. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£45.00
Yale University Press Doris Salcedo The Materiality of Mourning Harvard
Book SynopsisA compelling look at Doris Salcedo's works from the past fifteen years, exploring how the artist challenges not only the limits of the materials she uses but also the traditions of sculpture itself
£33.25
Yale University Press Matthew Barney
Book SynopsisA generously illustrated look at the intricate narrative threads of three of the artist's earliest works, and their continued resonance todayTrade ReviewGladstone Gallery, New York (09/08/16–10/22/16) * Gladstone Gallery, New York *
£42.75
Yale University Press Walter Leblanc
Book SynopsisLittle is known about Walter Leblanc (19321986), one of the key representatives of kinetic and optical art in the mid-20th century. This comprehensive monograph, the first on this artist for an international audience, includes unpublished materials, which provide insight not only into the art of LeBlanc, but also into the ZERO artist movement to which he was connected and with which he was in close dialogue beginning in the 1950s.Walter Leblanc is based on extensive studies of the artist's work: with about 150 images of his paintings and sculptures, comparative works, historical photos and documents, it includes a selection of Leblanc's writings, an iconographic mapping of selected works in museums around the world, and a bio-bibliographical appendix. Demonstrating the wealth of his creative output, the book reaffirms the enduring role Leblanc played in the development of modern and contemporary art on a global scale. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£38.00
Yale University Press A New American Sculpture 19141945
Book SynopsisA New American Sculpture, 19141945 is the first publication to situate the individual contributions of Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach into a compelling constellation of artists with shared aesthetic and social concerns. Although each European-born, American artist cultivated his own distinct style, their creative priorities were all deeply rooted in quiet composition, synthetic approaches to anatomy, and architectural unity of curves and volume. At a time when abstract forms were popular, Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach were all ultimately in favor of maintaining the integrity of the human body to explore modernist styles. This handsome book underscores their unrelenting search for a novel American visual tradition at the intersection of modernism, historic visual culture, and contemporary popular imagery.Distributed for the Portland Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Portland Museum of Art (05/26/1709/08/17)Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee (10/14/1701/07/18)Amon Carter Museum of American Art (02/17/1805/13/18)
£33.25
Yale University Press Donald Judd
Book SynopsisAn authoritative look at the art, life, and legacy of a revered artist
£38.00
Yale University Press Sculptural Seeing
Book SynopsisAlthough perspective has long been considered one of the essential developments of Renaissance painting, this provocative new book shifts the usual narrative back centuries, showing that medieval sculptors were already employing knowledge of optical science, geometry, and theories of vision in shaping the beholder's experience of their work. Meticulous visual analysis is paired with close readings of medieval texts in examining a series of important relief sculptures from northern and central Italy dating from the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, including the impressive sculptural programs at the cathedrals of Modena and Ferrara, and the pulpits by Giovanni and Nicola Pisano at Pisa and Pistoia. Demonstrating that medieval sculptors orchestrated the reception of their intended religious and political messages through the careful manipulation of points of view and architectural space, Christopher R. Lakey argues that medieval practice was well informed by visual theory and that the concepts that led to the codification of linear perspective by Renaissance painters had in fact been in use by sculptors for hundreds of years.Trade Review“Lakey pores over medieval sculpture at Modena and Ferrara cathedrals, plus pulpits at Pisa and Pistoia by father and son Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, to explode the established theory that Renaissance painters 'invented' linear perspective.”—Apollo“An erudite study…. The author’s larger argument concerning the origins of perspective may not convince all readers but should fuel productive reflection and discussion about medieval sculpture and its place in the narratives of art history.”—Peter Scott Brown, caa.reviewsFinalist for the 2020 ICMA Book Award"Sculptural Seeing rewards the reader with marvelous new and original insights. It will have a significant impact on the fields of art history and medieval studies and beyond."—Beate Fricke, author of Fallen Idols, Risen Saints“Sculptural Seeing is an original and provocative study of the visual experience of medieval sculptural art.”—Suzanne Akbari, author of Seeing Through the Veil
£54.62
Yale University Press Full House One Space Two Shows 307 Artists and
Book SynopsisA study of two exhibitions that took place five years apart in the same building in Brussels city-centre
£45.00
Yale University Press Abstract Bodies
Book SynopsisAn innovative analysis of 1960s abstract sculpture that draws on transgender studies and queer theoryTrade Review“Abstract Bodies is an extraordinarily imaginative book. It makes unexpected yet absolutely compelling links between artworks and transgender logics or ways of thinking that are easily overlooked or misperceived from traditional disciplinary approaches.”—Ramzi Fawaz, Transgender Studies Quarterly“David Getsy is a key voice among a new generation of art historians.”—Art in America“Highly recommended.”—Choice“In bringing to light a grossly neglected approach to the topic and action of gendering in art production and interpretation, Getsy’s book demonstrates that we are still processing the profound event that was 1960s abstraction, still reconciling ourselves to its categorical refusals, semiotic disruptions, and relational revisions.”—Art Journal “Getsy produces a daring and fascinating project” —Jenni Sorkin, Oxford Art Journal“This meticulously researched book, combining expert archival research, close analysis of less-researched artworks by canonical figures of American abstract sculpture in the 1960s, and a deliberate interdisciplinary analysis, catapults art-historical research [and] engages the rapidly growing scholarship on transgender studies into the twenty-first century.”—Natasha Adamou, Sculpture Journal“The contribution made by this book to both art history and to gender studies is incontrovertible.”—Gender ResearchRecommended by Elmgreen & Dragset as their pick for 2021 “The Best Art Books to Dive into This Summer—As Recommended by Artists” in the Art Newspaper“Abstract Bodies makes a remarkable intervention into art history, combining a rigorous attention to the history of sculpture with surprising and elaborate readings of the art of the 1960s. As a result of his disciplined attention to abstract forms rather than figural representations of the body, David Getsy has opened a new chapter in art history. This is a brilliant and original book and will change the way we think about the dynamics between art, embodiment, plasticity, and queer form.”—Jack Halberstam, University of Southern California“David Getsy’s Abstract Bodies represents a welcome convergence of the long established academic discipline of art history with the more recent interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. This book is not a history of transgender artists or transgender themes in art, but rather a path-breaking application of transgender studies as a heuristic lens. His deft coupling of subject matter and critical framework enables readers to grasp the profound extent to which the plasticity of shape and transformation of substance in reference to human being is a central feature of recent Western history.”—Susan Stryker, University of Arizona“Abstract Bodies more than bridges art history and gender studies—David Getsy demonstrates that these fields need each other. This book shows us how to see gender’s capacities in texture, light and form—loosened from the discourse of sex, gender becomes a material possibility. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how to write about sculpture, or who wants to know how queer art history can be.”—Jennifer Doyle, University of California at Riverside“The insights that emerge from David Getsy’s analyses of sculpture, reception, anecdote, historiography, and of the particular languages – and voices – of artists, are provocative and profound. In the process of locating transformational energies in these artists’ works, Getsy not only connects us more intimately to each artist but also redirects the field of postwar abstract sculpture.”—Michael Brenson, Bard College
£31.50
Yale University Press The World Outside
Book SynopsisA deep dive into the life and work of sculptor Louise Nevelson recontextualizes her art in light of social movements, travel, and her experiences in dance and theater
£31.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Ice Carving Made Easy 2e
Book Synopsis"With this new edition of Ice Carving Made Easy, Second Edition, Joe Amendola shares with all present and future ice carvers the resurgence of this historic art form. This book will guide and inspire thousands of chefs and artists to enjoy the artistic fulfillment, professionalism, and camaraderie of the exciting art of ice carving.Table of ContentsThe History of Ice Carving. Opportunities for Ice Carvers. Tools and Accessories. Types of Ice. Styrofoam Carvings. Starting to Carve. Setting Up Your Carvings. Special Circumstances. Design Patterns. Specific Projects. Ice-Carving Associations and Manufacturers.
£67.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Wyvern Collection Medieval and Renaissance
Book SynopsisThis catalogue of the Wyvern sculpture collection, which is not open to the public, comprises outstanding European sculptures of the medieval period, as well as some Late Antique and Byzantine pieces and related works of the post-medieval era. Objects are made from wood, stone (including alabaster and marble) and terracotta. Also included are medieval works of art in metal, mostly consisting of crucifix figures (corpora), and other functional metalware such as aquamanilia (water vessels for the washing of hands) and candlesticks. This sumptuous publication will interest all those concerned with the material culture of the Middle Ages.Trade Review'There could be few more qualified guides to an important private collection of medieval art than Paul Williamson' - Apollo'The combination of the unfaltering taste of the collector, who has, as he acknowledges in his foreword, been advised by some of the best medieval curators of our time, and Williamson’s erudition and deep understanding of sculpture make this volume a landmark. … this volume is also a useful primary source in the history of taste. After reading it, one can only impatiently await the publication of the next' - Burlington magazine'Of the right calibre and breadth to guide us confidently through the salient moments of the history of European medieval sculpting and casting' - The Art NewspaperTable of ContentsForeword • Introduction • I. Late Antique and Byzantine (cat. 1–8) • II. Romanesque and Early Gothic 1050-1200 (cat. 9–44) • III. Europe in the 13th Century (cat. 45–68) • IV. Europe in the 14th Century (cat. 69–92) • V. Europe in the First Half of the 15th Century (cat. 93–126) • VI. Europe in the Second Half of the 15th Century (cat. 127–164) • VII. Europe in the First Half of the 16th Century (cat. 165–179) • VIII. Post-Medieval (cat. 180–187)
£56.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Shaping the World
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest living sculptors and a well-known art critic examine the central role of sculpture in the development of human culture from prehistory to the present day.Trade Review'Very informative' - V&A Magazine'The sculptor and the art critic have redefined the [art] form ' - Sunday Times'The quality of production does full justice to the superb content …there’s a strong sense of a continuous narrative driven by shared enthusiasm and common, though not always parallel, ground' - artbookreview.com'I lost myself in your book – it seemed to be about my world' - Carlo Rovelli, physicist and author of 'There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important''If you want to rethink your ideas about sculpture, this fascinating book will give you pause for thought on just about every page ... a mighty, lusciously produced tome ... You can lose yourself in just looking at the illustrations' - Financial Times'A fully illustrated journey across time and space … a volume about relishing not just the range and variety, but also the power and possibilities of the discipline it discusses' - The Times'Wide-ranging' - Art Mag'Lavishly illustrated … invites us to take a new look at three-dimensional art as it ranges across eras, continents, scales and materials … an interesting and often revelatory book' - Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times'[A] revealing examination of sculpture across the aeons' - Best Art Books of 2020, Sunday Times'Imagine eavesdropping on two brilliant men discussing art, bouncing ideas around and clarifying each other’s thoughts … a fascinating conversation, which defines sculpture as widely as possible … Brilliant' - Daily Mail'A fresh way to encounter art as a global phenomenon' - Literary Review'There is something very personal about Gormley and Gayford’s conversations ... The maker brings renewed understanding to the writer, the critic, the reader, the viewer. This understanding enables us to better interrogate sculpture, and perhaps to reflect more fully on our lives in the world' - Studio International'Gormley provides an exceptionally erudite foil for their joint insights into the merging of art, architecture, faith and life' - World of Interiors'Lively conversations and explorations which encourage the reader to look at sculpture in a completely different way. ...The content, familiar and unfamiliar, is awesome. Gormley and Gayford are very accessible' - Mature TimesTable of ContentsPreface • 1. Bodies in Space • 2. Off the Wall • 3. Mounds, Fields & Standing Stones • 4. Trees & Life • 5. Light & Darkness • 6. Clay & Modelling • 7. Voids • 8. The Body & the Block • 9. The Age of Bronze • 10. Bodies & Buildings • 11. The Colossus & the Slave • 12. Time & Mortality • 13. Drapery & Anatomy • 14. Actions & Events • 15. Fear & Fetishism • 16. Collecting & Selecting • 17. Industry & Heavy Metal • 18. Shaping a Changing World
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Ruth Asawa Citizen of the Universe
Book SynopsisA unique look at the visionary artist, educator and activist Ruth Asawa (1926â2013). âI state, without hesitation or reserve, that I consider Ruth Asawa to be the most gifted, productive, and originally inspired artist that I have ever known personallyâ R. Buckminster Fuller, 1971 Although less known outside North America, Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa is an artist of vital importance to modern art. Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe, which accompanies the first exhibition of Asawaâs work to be staged in public galleries in Europe, introduces European audiences to both Asawaâs powerful art - including her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire - and her pioneering education practice. It positions her expansive ethos â her self-identification as âa citizen of the universeâ and belief that art education can be life enriching for everyone - as a catalyst for creative forward-thinking in the 21st century. Focusing on a dynamic and formative period in her lTable of ContentsDirector's Foreword Introduction A Citizen of the Universe EMMA RIDGWAY Art as an approach to living SIGRUN ÅSEBØ AND VIBECE SALTHE Camouflaging Asawa JOHN R. BLAKINGER Asawa as a Life Long Learner EMILY PRINGLE Interviews FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF RUTH ASAWA (ALVARADO WORKSHOPS AND ASAWA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS) TIMELINE EXHIBITION CHECKLIST
£23.80
Thames & Hudson Ltd Germaine Richier
Book SynopsisA major reassessment of Germaine Richier's work and impact on 20th-century sculpture. Germaine Richier (1902-59) occupies a central position in the history of modern sculpture. Predominantly working in bronze, her art revitalized the form of the figure, forging radical new images of men and women in the post-war period which blended the human body and natural forms in a hybrid of abstraction and figuration. As the first woman artist to have a solo exhibition in her own lifetime at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, she held a unique position in the 1940s and 50s as a successful female career artist, exhibiting internationally and developing a style that has been largely overshadowed by the predominant male canon. This major reassessment of Richier's complete oeuvre establishes her key position within the artistic context of her time and, more broadly, her influential impact on 20th-century sculpture. Writers including Mika Biermann, Marie Darrieussecq, Maryline DesbioTable of ContentsIntroduction Six Essays Catalogue of Works The Artist in Her Own Words
£36.00
Thames and Hudson Ltd Helen Chadwick
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£24.00
Thames and Hudson Ltd Rodin World of art library artists series
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£7.61
Thames & Hudson Ltd Flower Art Makoto Azuma
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto's astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture.Trade Review'[Pushes] the boundaries of art and photography to the outer limits with bold, adventurous installations portraying flowers and trees in environments where normally they could never exist' - Royal Photographic Society JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction • The Works
£33.96
Thames & Hudson Ltd Antony Gormley on Sculpture
Book SynopsisAntony Gormley occupies an unusual position as a highly popular sculptor known chiefly for his Angel of the North (1998), a national landmark in the UK who is also widely regarded as one of the most intellectually challenging artists working internationally. He is grounded in archaeology and anthropology, and looks to Asian and Buddhist traditions as much as to Western sculptural history, which he believes reached a punctuation point with Rodin. This is the first book to focus on Gormley's thoughts on sculpture, positioning his career and artistic philosophy in relation to its history. The book is structured thematically over four chapters: the first explores Gormley's thoughts on the body, time and space in relation to major works including European Field (1993) and Still Standing' (2011), Gormley's rehang of the classical rooms at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The second chapter, Sculptors', was first delivered as a series of five lectures for the BBC; in each, Gormley dis
£16.14
University of California Press Prayers in Stone
Book SynopsisThe meaning of architectural sculpture is essential to our understanding of ancient Greek culture. This book is a treatment of the significance of Greek architectural sculpture. It provides an informative tour of many dimensions of Greek public buildings - especially temples, tombs, and treasuries.
£52.20
University of California Press From Pergamon to Sperlonga
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important, yet puzzling, extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy.Trade Review"[The] contributors not only capture the extensive sweep and fascinating complexities of an international artistic style but also engage the reader in the accomplishment and sheer joy of collaborative discourse and scholarship." - Diana E. E. Kleiner, author of Roman Sculpture"Table of ContentsIllustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction, by Nancy T. de Grummond and Brunilde S. Ridgway Culture as Policy: The Attalids of Pergamon, by Erich S. Gruen Pergamo ara marmorea magna: On the Date, Reconstruction, and Functions of the Great Altar of Pergamon, by Andrew Stewart Pergamon to Hierapolis: From Theatrical "Altar" to Religious Theater, by Mary C. Sturgeon The Sperlonga Sculptures: The Current State of Research, by Brunilde S. Ridgway The Phantom of a Rhodian School of Sculpture, by J. J. Pollitt Odysseus at Sperlonga: Hellenistic Hero of Roman Heroic Foil? by H. Anne Weis Pergamon and Sperlonga: A Historian's Reactions, by Peter Green Ubiquitous Barbarians: Representations of the Gauls at Pergamon and Elsewhere, by John R. Marszal Pergamene Influences on Etruscan Hellenistic Art, by Stephan Steingraber Guals and Giants, Skylla and the Palladion: Some Responses, by Nancy T. de Grummond Appendix: Literary Sources for Sperlonga Bibliography Contributors Index
£56.00
University of California Press Mark di Suvero
Book SynopsisA book on American sculptor Mark di Suvero that features more than two hundred images of his important works interspersed with short texts by the artist and by other writers who have inspired his art-making practice. It describes his artistic oeuvre and of his long, distinguished career.Trade Review"Shows the daring, greatness, and individuality of di Suvero's monumental work alongside the passions, poetry, and deep thoughts that drive him." -- Jan Garden Castro Sculpture Magazine "What makes Dreambook special is that it's so much more than it might have been." January Magazine "di Suvero is in a class of his own." American Style
£45.05
University of California Press Matter and Spirit Stephen De Staebler
Book SynopsisOver the course of his career, Stephen De Staebler (1933-2011) created powerful, elegiac figurative sculptures in clay and bronze. This title provides a biographical portrait of the sculptor, and renowned art historian.
£27.90
University of California Press A Troublesome Subject
Book SynopsisTells the story of how a high school art teacher transformed himself into an artist of international stature and ambition. This title shows how Robert Arneson's work articulated the crisis of narcissism that has defined American culture since 1970.Trade Review"[An] illuminating study... Arneson drew continually from his personal reservoir of untamed comedy to create works that resolutely crude." ARTnews "A long-awaited and in-depth monograph of the life and work of Robert Arneson, an artist who has infused the alchemy of clay with the funk aesthetic of everyday objects and self-portraiture, in ways that elevate their sustaining power through his insightful social and political observations." Ten Best Art Books of 2013. The Brooklyn Rail "Distinguished art historian and critic Jonathan Fineberg excels at chronicling the psychosocial intersection between contemporary art and artists, and the evolving fabric of American values." THE magazine "Artist relishing his role as troublemaker: The piece had to go, it was explained to Arneson, because the vice president of Kaiser Industries saw it and said, 'Goddamn, no f- artist is going to attack American capitalism in this manner.' The piece was eventually bought by an Arneson student and collector, whose husband hated it so much that she later said that conflict over it had contributed to her divorce." San Francisco ChronicleTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Reading the World, Constructing the Self 1 Foundations, 1930–1960 2 Identity and Embodiment, 1961–1969 3 On Narcissism, 1970–1981 4 On the Outskirts of the Self, 1981–1986 5 Parsing Desire, 1987–1992 Chronology Selected Bibliography Index Photography Credits
£42.50
University of California Press David Smith in Two Dimensions
Book SynopsisHow does photography shape the way we see sculpture? In this book, the author broaches this question through an in-depth consideration of the photography of American sculptor David Smith (1906 1965).Trade Review"Does more than reveal the important role photography played in Smith's art; it fundamentally alters how we see the works he photographed." Bookforum "...thorough research and exceedingly compelling and rigorously formal readings of individual works." -- Christa Noel Robbins Oxford Art JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Problem of Photography and Sculpture 1. Toward Mass Reproduction as a Public Display 2. Aerial Vision, Photographic Abstraction, and the Surface of Sculpture 3. Images of Nonbelonging: Dramatizing Autonomy in the Sculptural Group 4. Picturing Color in Space 5. The Terrain of the Vulgar: Smith's 1963--64 Nudes Conclusion: Framed and Unframed Space Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
£35.70
University of California Press Memory Work Anne Truitt and Sculpture
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the evolution of the pioneering minimalist sculptor Anne Truitt. This book offers an insider's view of the artist's unstinting efforts to realize her artistic vision, as well as the cultural, political, and historical resonances.Trade Review"... thorough research and exceedingly compelling and rigorously formal readings of individual works." -- Christa Noel Robbins Oxford Art Journal "De Baca's use of memory as a framework for this investigation is revealing and evocative, at the same time that it confirms the triggers for Truitt's intriguing sculptural output as ultimately unknowable." Woman's Art JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. First (1961) 2. Hardcastle (1962) 3. Valley Forge (1963) 4. Truitt in Tokyo (1964-1967) Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
£35.70
University of California Press Isamu Noguchis Modernism
Book SynopsisExploring the complex interweaving of race, national identity, and the practice of sculpture, Amy Lyford takes us through a close examination of the early US career of the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). The years between 1930 and 1950 were perhaps some of the most fertile of Noguchi's career. Yet the work that he produced during this time has received little sustained attention. Weaving together new archival material, little-known or unrealized works, and those that are familiar, Lyford offers a fresh perspective on the significance of Noguchi's modernist sculpture to twentieth-century culture and art history. Through an examination of his work, this book tells a story about his relation to the most important cultural and political issues of his time. By focusing on Noguchi's reputation, and reception as an artist of Japanese American descent, Lyford analyzes the artist and his work within the context of a burgeoning desire at that time to define what modern AmerTrade Review“Written in animated and lucid prose, this book is that of a seasoned scholar whose intervention in Noguchi criticism performs the tremendous work of critiquing and making socially relevant inroads in the field of art history.” * Society for US Intellectual History *“Written in animated and lucid prose, this book is that of a seasoned scholar whose intervention in Noguchi criticism performs the tremendous work of critiquing and making socially relevant inroads in the field of art history.” * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Labor 1. Earthworks, the Depression Economy, and Monument to the Plow 2. Modernism, Public Art, and Sculpture as Social Practice in the 1930s 3. Reinventing Labor in New York Part 2. Race 4. Negotiating Japanese American Confinement 5. Reimagining Humanity in the 1940s 6. Noguchi, Asian America, and Artistic Identity in Postwar New York Postscript: Beginnings and Ends at the Venice Biennale Appendix A. Noguchi’s “A Plan for Government Sponsored Farm and Craft Settlement for People of Japanese Parentage” Appendix B. Noguchi’s “I Become a Nisei” Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
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