Sculpture Books
Arnoldsche Majapahit: Sculptures from a Forgotten Kingdom
Book SynopsisFlourishing in East Java, Indonesia, between the late 13th and the early 16th centuries, art from Majapahit had a decisive influence on the development of Southeast Asian culture: its highly distinctive style was characterised by the subtle balance between form and decoration and by a rich iconography strongly influenced by Sivaism and Buddhism. Today, these Majapahit artworks still constitute a highly interesting field of research, but they have been surprisingly far too little studied or published worldwide. This volume presents an exceptional selection of 86 Majapahit terracotta sculptures covering a wide range of sophisticated iconography - animals, images of motherhood, divinities - all drawn from popular legends of the period and part of a broader narrative series waiting to be discovered.
£33.60
Penguin Books Ltd The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Penguin
Book SynopsisBenvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represeTable of ContentsAutobiographyIntroductionA Chronology of CelliniAutobiographyNotes Select BibliographyIndex
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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
Damson Tree Publishing Tea With Douglas Conversations on Art and Life
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£10.73
LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Special Catalogue of Tombstones Monuments Tablets
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£22.75
LEGARE STREET PR A Handbook Of Greek Sculpture Volume 2
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£25.60
Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the ''higher'' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.Trade Review'This is an essential read for the student of contemporary ceramics, providing a fresh perspective on "post-studio" ceramic practice.' Stephen Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter OneBecoming Partners?Creative Tension: Defining ceramicsSculpture: A category in danger of collapseThe Art and Craft DivideAn Overview of the BookChapter TwoMonumental MattersMonuments and the Collective MemoryTwo Approaches: The logical and the abstracted monument Ceramics in Civic SpaceWheel of Fortune: Monumentalizing Stoke-on-Trent Making it Big: The monumental styleChapter ThreeThe Numbers Game: Multi-part compositionsDo Numbers Matter?Plane Thinking: Horizonal groupsHigh Rise: Stack, build, repeatThe Expressive Possibility of Repetition Clare Twomey: Master assemblerChapter FourThe Art of Destruction: Ceramics, Sculpture and IconoclasmWhat is Iconoclasm?Iconoclasm and ArtVases and VandalismOut of the Ordinary: Destroying domestic wareClay in CommonPast Imperfect: The art of transformative repairDestruction as Cultural CritiquePlease Do Not Touch: Destruction in the vitrineBiting the hand that feeds? Iconoclasm as institutional critiqueChapter FiveEncounters: Ceramics on ShowThinking About ExhibitionsClay as an Authentic Material for Sculpture: The Raw and the CookedCeramics and Minimalism: The New WhiteCeramics Under Threat: A Secret History of ClayPost-Studio Practice: Possibilities and LossesCeramics for the HomeThe Separation of Art and the HomeHome Coming: Contemporary ceramics in domestic spaceDomesticating the White CubeConclusionRadical PlasticityA Single MaterialWorkmanshipThe VesselThe Current of InfluenceThe Future
£37.99
Taylor & Francis Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the 'higher' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.Trade Review'This is an essential read for the student of contemporary ceramics, providing a fresh perspective on "post-studio" ceramic practice.' Stephen Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter OneBecoming Partners?Creative Tension: Defining ceramicsSculpture: A category in danger of collapseThe Art and Craft DivideAn Overview of the BookChapter TwoMonumental MattersMonuments and the Collective MemoryTwo Approaches: The logical and the abstracted monument Ceramics in Civic SpaceWheel of Fortune: Monumentalizing Stoke-on-Trent Making it Big: The monumental styleChapter ThreeThe Numbers Game: Multi-part compositionsDo Numbers Matter?Plane Thinking: Horizonal groupsHigh Rise: Stack, build, repeatThe Expressive Possibility of Repetition Clare Twomey: Master assemblerChapter FourThe Art of Destruction: Ceramics, Sculpture and IconoclasmWhat is Iconoclasm?Iconoclasm and ArtVases and VandalismOut of the Ordinary: Destroying domestic wareClay in CommonPast Imperfect: The art of transformative repairDestruction as Cultural CritiquePlease Do Not Touch: Destruction in the vitrineBiting the hand that feeds? Iconoclasm as institutional critiqueChapter FiveEncounters: Ceramics on ShowThinking About ExhibitionsClay as an Authentic Material for Sculpture: The Raw and the CookedCeramics and Minimalism: The New WhiteCeramics Under Threat: A Secret History of ClayPost-Studio Practice: Possibilities and LossesCeramics for the HomeThe Separation of Art and the HomeHome Coming: Contemporary ceramics in domestic spaceDomesticating the White CubeConclusionRadical PlasticityA Single MaterialWorkmanshipThe VesselThe Current of InfluenceThe Future
£137.75
Texas A & M University Press The Art of David Everett Volume 25: Another World
Book SynopsisAustin artist David Everett was born and raised in Texas, and his work reflects an organic and wholly original Lone Star State ethos. His stunning vision and exquisite craftsmanship evoke nature’s essential grace and harmony in beautiful sculptures, bas-relief carvings, woodcuts, and drawings. Steve Davis, former president of the Texas Institute of Letters, writes of Everett, “David has never been one of those artists-as-marketers who relentlessly hype themselves. Instead, he has let the quality of his work speak for itself. And it does more than speak—it sings.” Everett’s creations inspire a passionate devotion among his many fans and collectors. He appears in high-profile exhibitions across Texas and the Southwest and his work is found in many public, corporate, and private collections.An introduction by prominent novelist Stephen Harrigan sets the perfect tone for an absorbing consideration of Everett’s oeuvre in The Art of David Everett: Another World. Author and editor Becky Duval Reese, respected art curator, writer, and retired director of the El Paso Museum of Art, contributes an insightful essay on Everett and his place in Texas art, followed by an absorbing interview with curator, author, and teacher Richard Holland, both offering revealing and satisfying insights into the shaping and development of the artist’s unique viewpoint and methods.The heart of the book is the abundant collection of breathtaking, full-color reproductions of Everett’s work. Here, the reader gains a vivid view of how Everett’s artistic instincts have been nurtured by life experiences and a maturing aesthetic rooted in tradition.
£28.45
Distributed Art Publishers Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
Book SynopsisThe first and only comprehensive volume exploring the artist’s best-known and most spectacular series This book presents world-renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s most famous series, the Infinity Mirror Rooms, and charts its influence on the course of contemporary art for over 50 years. Kusama’s rooms are filled with multicolored lights that reflect endlessly. Ranging from peep-show-like chambers to multimedia installations, each of Kusama’s kaleidoscopic environments offers the chance to step into an illusion of infinite space. This definitive publication traces these installations and reveals how, over the years, the works have come to symbolize different modalities, from Kusama’s “self-obliteration” in the Vietnam War era to her more harmonious aspirations in the present. By examining her early unsettling installations alongside her more recent atmospheres, this publication historicizes her pioneering work amid today’s renewed interest in experiential practices. Generously illustrated, this book invites readers to examine the series’ impact over the course of the artist’s career. Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) has worked not only in sculpture and installation but also painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction and other arts. In her early career in Japan, she produced mostly works on paper. With her late-1950s move to New York City, she joined the ranks of the avant-garde, working in soft sculpture and influencing the likes of Warhol and Oldenburg. At this time, she was also involved with happenings and other performance-oriented works and began to deploy her signature dots. Her work fell into relative obscurity after her return to Japan in 1973, but a subsequent revival of interest in the 1980s elevated her work to the canonical status that it still enjoys today.
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Eye of Newt Books I can be myself when everyone I know is dead . .
Book SynopsisKamila is a cornucopia of dreadfulness. Her works at once beautiful and terrible, each piece like being tickled by Death’s cold little fingers, every bewitching creation a world I want to know more about. — Brom Welcome to the mind of Canadian horror-art sensation Kamila Mlynarczyk (better known as @WoodedWoods). Featuring art created between 2017–2019 this art book charts her progression from teaching herself how to draw to creating one-panel illustration art. It also features a chapter on her famous art dolls. Her artist notes and narrative describe her fascinating creative process and many of the inspirations behind her countless creepy, unsettling, yet poignant (and often hilarious) sketches. While the rhyme and reason behind why everyone needs a little snail friend, why cute poops make this world a better place, and why werewolves always hesitate before devouring the sacrificial girl-child can at times simply be chalked-up to mischief, Kamila is truly funny and relatable. To Kamila, nothing fictional can ever be as frightening as reality, and so much of her inspiration comes from the right here and now. She strives to depict the most terrible things in a sympathetic light, and in that way they become more beautiful than reality, more light-hearted than realistically possible, and through their relatability they become cheeky and charming—they become cathartic.Trade ReviewKamila is a cornucopia of dreadfulness. Her works at once beautiful and terrible, each piece like being tickled by Death’s cold little fingers, every bewitching creation a world I want to know more about. — BromTable of ContentsIntroduction by James O'Barr Introduction by Neil Christopher Art school sucked 1 Part 1: Re-learning to draw 7 Part 2: Stuff from my Brain 17 Little poops 17 Snails 22 Hair curtains 27 The horrors of motherhood 31 Sentimental ghosts 38 Garbage kids: A.K.A. Unfortunate little kids in danger 47 Babcias, Baba yagas, and happy little babies being eaten 55 Part 3: Sympathetic monstergirls 60 Part 4: Audri 75 Part 5: It’s a personal problem 88 Part 6: Scenes: Everyone but the monster is monstrous... 104
£22.49
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd What is it that will last?: Land and tidal art of
Book SynopsisThis publication offers a rich and expansive visual record of Julie Brook’s artistic practice, and proposes a unique collaboration between Brook and distinct voices from the nature writing and craftsmanship traditions. Situating Brook’s practice in the context of critical reflections by Robert Macfarlane, Alexandra Harris and Raku Jikinyū, the publication presents a striking visual narrative of Brook's landscape and tidal sculptural work, and a sense of its timeless yet contemporary resonance. Documenting in depth a number of recent works made in the Hebrides, Japan and Namibia, their shared attention to the elements and their key pre-occupations of the fleeting, mobile forces of light, time, and gravity demonstrate Brook’s coherent vision within vastly contrasting environments. Throughout her oeuvre, the balance between what Brook makes in relation to the environment and materials themselves is paramount. Including film stills, photography and drawing, which are all integral languages for conceptualising and communicating the work, plus insightful extracts from Brook’s notebooks, this beautiful publication succeeds in providing the reader with a unique understanding of the artist’s ‘monuments to the moment’.Table of ContentsForeword; Introduction; 1. Winter Wall; 2. Parallel Space; 3. Firestack; 4. Ascending; 5. Divided Block; 6. Ongoing; Chronology and Exhibitions; Selected Bibliography
£37.95
University of Exeter Press Ancient and High Crosses of Cornwall: Cornwall's
Book SynopsisWinner of the Holyer an Gof Award 2022 (Leisure and Lifestyle) An illustrated guide to one hundred of the finest early Cornish stone crosses, dating from around AD 900 to 1300. These characteristic features of the Cornish landscape are splendid examples of their type, exhibiting a wide geographical spread and a certain weather-beaten beauty. The medieval stone crosses of Cornwall have long been objects of curiosity both for residents and visitors. This is the first ever accessible volume on the subject, combining detailed description and discussion of the crosses with information on access, colour images and suggestions for further reading. An approachable but academically rigorous work, it includes analysis of the decorative designs and sculptural techniques, accompanied by high-quality photographs which illustrate the subtleties of each cross, often hard to discern in situ. Ancient and High Crosses of Cornwall offers an ideal introduction for the general reader but will also prove essential to local historians, landscape historians, archaeologists and anyone working in the area of Cornish studies or connected with the Cornish diaspora. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/NKIP4746Trade ReviewWith its well-illustrated, information-packed catalogue and good bibliography for further reading, this volume is an excellent invitation to both specialist and the uninitiated to explore the earliest, tallest and finest medieval crosses of Cornwall, and I certainly intend to try it out. -- Michael King * Down County Museum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Historical overview Inscriptions on the crosses Cornish groups or schools of stone sculpture Dating the monuments Function of the crosses Antiquarian study and restoration Glossary Using this book to visit crosses A note on photography Catalogue of Crosses Advent, Tresinney St Allen St Blazey, Biscovey Blisland, St Pratt’s Cross Bodmin, Carminow Breage St Breock, Whitecross St Breward 1 St Breward 2 St Breward 3, Middle Moor Cross St Buryan 1 St Buryan 2, Crows an Wra Camborne 1, Fenton-Ia Camborne 2, Gwealavellan Cardinham 1 Cardinham 2 Cardinham 3, Treslea St Cleer 1, Doniert Stone St Cleer 2, Other Half Stone St Cleer 3, Long Tom St Cleer 4, Holy Well St Clement St Clether, Cross Gates St Columb Major Constantine 1, Trewardreva Constantine 2, Trevease Cury St Dennis Egloshayle 1, Pencarrow Egloshayle 2, Three Hole Cross Egloshayle 3, The Prior’s Cross St Endellion, Long Cross St Erth 1 St Erth 2 St Ewe, Lanhadron Feock Fowey, Tristan Stone St Germans, Carracawn Cross Gerrans Gulval 1 Gulval 2 Gwinear 1, Connor Downs Gwinear 2, Lanherne Cross St Juliot St Just-in-Penwith St Kew 1, Job’s Cross St Kew 2, Polrode Cross Laneast 1 Laneast 2, Laneast Downs Lanhydrock 1 Lanhydrock 2, Treffry Lanivet 1 Lanivet 2 Lanivet 3, Lesquite Lanlivery, Milltown Lanteglos by Camelford 1 Lanteglos by Camelford 2 Lelant Lesnewth St Levan Lostwithiel, Crewel Cross Ludgvan Mabe, Helland Madron 1, Boscathnoe Madron 2, Boswarthen Menheniot, Tencreek Michaelstow St Michael’s Mount Minster, Waterpit Down St Minver, St Michael Porthilly Mullion, Predannack Mylor St Neot 1, 2 St Neot 3, Four Hole Cross Padstow 1 Padstow 2 Padstow 3, Prideaux Place Paul 1 Paul 2 Paul 3, Kerris, Carlankan Pelynt, Trelay Penzance, Market Cross Perranzabuloe, St Piran’s Cross 203 Phillack 206 Quethiock 208 Roche 210 Sancreed 1 212 Sancreed 2 214 Sancreed 3, Brane 218 Sennen, Trevear 220 South Petherwin, Holyway Cross 222 Stithians, Tretheague 224 St Teath 226 Tintagel 1 229 Tintagel 2, Bossiney 232 Truro 234 Wendron 1 236 Wendron 2, Meruny 237 Wendron 3, Merther Uny 238 St Wenn, Crossy Ann Parish Pages St Allen St Buryan St Clether Lanivet Lanteglos by Camelford Lelant Ludgvan St Neot Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
Anomie Publishing Nick Hornby
Book SynopsisNick Hornby (b. 1980, London) is one of the leading sculptors of his generation in Britain today, creating works on both intimate and monumental scales, and at the intersection of art history and contemporary technology. Hornby’s practice uses software that allows him to extract, alter and hybridise sculptures from art history into new works made from marble, steel, bronze, resin, wood and composite materials. It could be said that Hornby has opened up a new sculptural language for the twenty-first century.This, his first major monograph, features approximately 175 images, many of which are reproduced here for the first time or have been commissioned for the publication. Alongside documentation of works presented in galleries and outdoor spaces are production images taken in the studio and fabrication workshops. Hornby’s practice is here divided into four categories: Intersections, Extrusions, Hydrographics and Collaborations.A foreword by Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, offers insight into Hornby’s internal and external relationship with sculpture, considering the links between two and three dimensions, abstraction and representation, the ‘real’ and the digital.Editor Matt Price’s introduction takes readers on a whistlestop tour of the artist’s oeuvre, from his early family life and studies at Chelsea and The Slade in London, to his latest major exhibitions and commissions. Price covers a range of significant aspects such as the importance of music and sound, which were key elements of Hornby’s early work, to sculptures made in collaboration with others, and recent pieces combining art history with technology in their design and fabrication.An essay by Dr Hannah Higham, Senior Curator of Collections and Research at the Henry Moore Foundation, provides the most substantial piece of critical writing on Hornby’s work to date, drawing out specific touchstones in the history of art and discussing the relationship between the work and time. Higham further explores the ways that the motion and position of the viewer alter the experience of the sculptures, with new angles revealing fresh artistic inspirations from Hans Arp or Elizabeth Frink to ideas from communities Hornby has worked with and other contemporary artists with whom he has collaborated.An interview with Dr Helen Pheby, Associate Director, Programme, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, probes the artist further about his cultural and theoretical inspirations, methods, materials and ideologies, including his views on collaboration, the public nature of art and its accessibility. Their conversation provides an insight into the thinking of the artist at a crucial stage in his career.The monograph brings together works spanning Hornby’s career for the first time. It follows Hornby’s first institutional solo exhibition at MOSTYN, Wales, and his first permanent outdoor sculptural commission for Harlow Science Park in Essex.The publication is edited by Matt Price, designed by Herman Lelie, printed by EBS, Verona, and published by Anomie, London.Nick Hornby, born in 1980, is a British artist living and working in London. Hornby studied at The Slade School of Art and Chelsea College of Art where he was awarded the UAL Sculpture Prize. In the UK he has exhibited at Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, Leighton House (all London), Cass Sculpture Foundation, Sussex, MOSTYN, Wales, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. International exhibitions have been held at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York and Poznan Biennale, Poland, along with residencies with Outset, Israel, and Eyebeam, New York. In 2014 Hornby was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors.
£28.00
Impress Book Object Art
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Birkhauser Fluid Bodies: Methods for Casting New Esthetics
Book SynopsisFrom casting to sculpture Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting, and shaping casting molds. Working with hardening bodies fundamentally challenges the notion of formal rigidity; conventional formwork models are reconsidered, and a new aesthetic emerges. Fluid Bodies presents a variety of objects created using alternative casting methods. The book documents experimental artistic research and showcases innovative and surprising sculptures in concrete and plaster. Alternative ways of manufacturing, presenting, and shaping casting molds Concrete and plaster sculptures, parametric designs, and the further development of conventional formwork models and casting processes With numerous large-format photographs
£31.05
Kerber Christof Verlag Lisa Seebach
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£25.20
Hirmer Verlag Imagining Sculpture
Book SynopsisSculpture is just a word, an English word, which elicits an image in the mind’s eye. Sculpture is a European idea. In China statues, stele and other figural objects were made for millennia but not valued or collected as Sculpture. There was no Sculpture in China. Imagining Sculpture is the story of this something that did not exist. Imagining Sculpture is a series of short vignettes, historical and fictional. Travelers, scholars, officials, collectors, and antiquarians encounter statues, figures, and effigies in China, Japan, England, Germany, France, Italy, and the United States from the fourteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century. Imagining Sculpture is visual, cinematic and sumptuous—told with rare photographs, paintings, sketches, letters and ephemera. With little text, the argument is made by the images. Imagining Sculpture offers a new kind of visual narrative and offers a radically different way of seeing and knowing.
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Hirmer Verlag Mack - Sahara: From Zero to Land Art: Heinz
Book SynopsisHeinz Mack’s Sahara Project is legendary. In 1968 he installed for the first time light columns with a height of up to 11 metres which reflected and mirrored the glaring sunlight in the Tunisian desert. Nature and object fused to create an artwork of breath-taking beauty. This comprehensive volume records the history and ideas of this spectacular project over four decades. Sophia Sotke’s in-depth presentation traces an arc from the conception of the project in 1958/59 via the sensational film Tele-Mack (1968) and the subsequent “Expedition into Artificial Gardens” of 1976 in Algeria andGreenland to the artistic experiments which Mack carried out in the Wahiba Desert in Oman in 1997. The uestion regarding the importance of the Sahara Project in Mack’s oeuvre is examined together with his role in the development of Land Art. Hitherto unpublished photos of the expeditions into the desert and the Arctic regions provide new insights.
£21.25
Celestin Buche Inhabiting Stone
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La Fabrica Picasso Sculptor: Matter and body
Book Synopsis• This catalog includes a careful and beautiful selection of sculptures that Picasso produced throughout his extensive artistic career. • Matter and Body covers the almost infinite plurality of styles used by the artist to represent human body forms, deconstructing it through different formats and genres. • Written by renowned experts as the curator Carmen Gimenez, Diana Widmaier Picasso, French art historian specialized in modern art and the maternal granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, and Pepe Karmel, Professor of Art History at New York University. • The book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the death of a great genius and revolutionary artist. • Includes photographs taken by his contemporary photographer Brassai. • A great monograph published on occasion of the exhibition at the Guggenhiem Museum in Bilbao and Museo Picasso in Málaga.
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Officina Libraria The Art and Industry of Stucco Decoration in
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary perspective no the spread and development of the stucco technique between the 16th and 18th centuries, and the different forms it took throughout Europe. Text in English and Italian.
£36.00
Skira Brad Howe: A Dance of Atoms
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Skira Henri Beaufour (Bilingual edition)
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Skira Otobong Nkanga (Bilingual edition): Of Cords
Book SynopsisCurator, researcher and scholar Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is the Director of Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. Art historian, curator and author of multiple publications, Marcella Beccaria is Chief Curator and Curator of Collections at Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. Marianna Vecellio is Curator at Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea.
£28.00
Skira Julien Friedler (Multi-lingual edition): E'
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£21.25
Skira Chung Seoyoung: Wave
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£25.50
Skira Arnaldo Pomodoro The Great Theatre of
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Skira Masterpieces from the William Rubin Collection:
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£48.00
Liverpool University Press Public Sculpture of Sussex
Book SynopsisThis is the seventeenth volume in the series the Public Sculpture of Britain, part of the PMSA National Recording Project, which will eventually cover the whole of the country. The introduction considers the ways in which the rural and urban landscapes of Sussex, from market town, rural village and country estate, to city, major seaside resort and new town development, are reflected in the county’s public sculptures. The historical period covered ranges from the allegedly pre-historic (the Long Man of Wilmington) to the present day (the most recent entry is Maggi Hambling’s The Resurrection Spirit, 2013). There is a high proportion of nineteenth- century sculptures, including significant works by John Flaxman, Michael Rysbrack, Frances Chantrey and John Edward Carew; the ‘statuemania’ that characterised the last part of this century is well illustrated by Thomas Brock’s imposing statue celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee on Hove seafront. The achievements of major twentieth and twenty-first century sculptors are represented by Elisabeth Frink and William Pye among others. Many works from this period are the result of public art initiatives by local councils, often as part of more wide-ranging regeneration schemes for Sussex towns. The patronage of health authorities, influenced by new thinking about the calming and healing qualities of art in public places has also benefitted both local sculptors and those based elsewhere in the country. Each individual work is catalogued, with precise details of location, condition and history, including commissioning, opening ceremonies and re-siting. Most are individually illustrated in black and white. Biographies of local and less well-known sculptors, together with a selected bibliography are included at the end of the volume.Trade ReviewReviews 'The book offers insights into changing attitudes to once contentious sculpture, fulfilling its aim of 'giving a vivid snapshot of what is out there to see and enjoy'.'Richard Cocke, The Burlington MagazineTable of Contents Preface Map Introduction Acknowledgements Public Sculpture of Sussex East Sussex West Sussex Removed and lost sculptures Temporary sculptures Biographies Bibliography Index
£65.62
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
£33.25
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Tom Wolfe Carves Woodspirits and Walking Sticks
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£11.39
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. The Copan Sculpture Museum
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Skira Not Vital: Sculpture 1964-2021
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sculpting in Wire
Book SynopsisA fun and comprehensive introduction to sculpting in wire with 6 step-by-step projects. This book is a clear, lively and fun introduction to sculpting in wire. Very much aimed at beginners, there are 6 projects of increasing difficulty, aiming to teach you how to sculpt in wire from the most basic starting point up through to soldering. The first projects give you information about wire and using pliers, and then how to incorporate other materials such as tin, feathers and material to your work. The last project includes the use of some simple silver soldering. Get started with clear step-by-step images that show you the processes involved in every project and be inspired by the work of contemporary artists showing everything from hats and shoes, to life-size figures, sheep and even elephants.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Getting Started Inspiration Wire Equipment and Tools Soldering Equipment Basic Techniques Basic Wire Manipulation 2. The Pelican 3. Tortoiseshell Butterfly 4. The Czechoslovakian Teapot 5. The Sheep 6. The Bi-Plane Gallery Appendices List of Suppliers Websites of Artists US Wire Gauge Sizes Index
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Yale University Press Mother Stone
Book SynopsisIn Mother Stone Anne Middleton Wagner looks anew at the carvings of the first generation of British modernists, a group centered around Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Jacob Epstein. Wagner probes the work of these sculptors, discusses their shared avant-garde materialism, and identifies a common theme that runs through their work and that of other artists of the period: maternity. Why were artists for three turbulent decades after the First World War seemingly preoccupied with representations of pregnant women and the mother and child? Why was this the great new subject, especially for sculpture? Why was the imagery of bodily reproduction at the core of the effort to revitalize what in Britain had become a somnolent art? Wagner finds the answers to these questions at the intersection between the politics of maternity and sculptural innovation. She situates British sculpture fully within the new reality of bio-powerthe realm of Marie Stopes, Brave New World, and Melanie Klein. And
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University of California Press A Moments Monument
Book SynopsisMedardo Rosso (1858-1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art. This book offers an historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. It negotiates the competing cultural imperatives of nationalism and internationalism that shaped the European art world at the fin de siecle.Trade Review"In placing Rosso (rather than Rodin) at the origins of modern sculpture, this book makes a bold and erudite intervention in the history of the medium. Moreover, the emphasis on the cosmopolitan nature of artistic networks in fin-de-siècle Europe will be instructive to historians of modern art in all media." * Burlington Magazine *“Hecker’s tour de force has been over a decade in the making. For many of us it was highly anticipated and it did not disappoint. Her painstaking research has resulted in numerous corrections and new readings that are both articulate and persuasive. She argues for the broader international significance of Rosso’s production and makes the case for his place in the lineage of modern sculpture.” * Italian Art Society *"Hecker situates this all-too-often marginalized sculptor within the field of the international avant-garde. Often considered as either a slightly mysterious three-dimensional Impressionist or as an inspiration to movements such as Futurism, Rosso has rarely received sustained attention as a figure in his own right. Hecker makes a significant effort to counter this by placing him at the center of a key modernist concern: the tension (as suggested by the book’s title) between the momentary and the monumental. . . . eminently readable. . . this publication clearly demonstrates that a book-length study was warranted and overdue. " * caa.reviews *"Hecker has ably overcome contradictory information and a dearth of sources to discover new data on the artist . . . a comprehensive assessment of Rosso’s sculpture in a well-sourced monograph." * 3rd Dimension: The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Laying the Foundations for an Antiheroic Approach to Modern Sculpture 2. Monuments without Idols 3. “Impressionist Sculptor”? The Impossibility of Categorizing Rosso 4. Internationalism and Experimentation 5. The Artist’s Experience of Migration 6. The Shifting Viewpoint of the Outsider 7. Seeing and Being Seen: Reimagining the Encounter Among Artist, Artwork, and the Public 8. On the Move: The Quest for International Recognition Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
£46.75
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Direct Stone Sculpture
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£33.29
Getty Trust Publications Elementary Instructions for Students of Sculpture
Book SynopsisA translation of the 1802 introduction to studio practices for sculpture students by Francesco Carradori, a sculptor, restorer and instructor of sculpture at the Academia in Florence from 1786 to 1821. Carradori covers the various tools and techniques used by ancient sculptors to execute work.
£999.99
The University of Chicago Press Doris Salcedo
Book SynopsisA mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. This title includes, over one hundred color illustrations by sculptor Doris Salcedo. It is a testament to the power of one of today's most important international artists.
£41.80
David Zwirner Fred Sandback: Vertical Constructions
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£32.00
Hirmer Verlag Grimanesa Amorós: Ocupante
Book SynopsisThe work of the prize winning Peruvian American light artist Grimanesa Amorós is characterised by organic forms and an instinctive approach. The basis of her fascinating sculptures lies, however, in the natural sciences, social history and critical theory. Research and feeling establish a form of communication in her works. The expansive sculptures and video installations of Grimanesa Amorós have already been shown all over the world: from Mexico to Tel Aviv and from Beijing to Times Square in New York. She presented her latest works, “OCUPANTE” and “GOLDEN SECRET ROOM”, In the Ludwig Museum Koblenz. The artist creat es playful light installations which are so enigmatic that they permit interpretations on different levels. Together with an overview of her work, this volume reproduces the works in large format illustrations, thereby reproducing their fluidity and luminosity.
£21.60
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia
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£46.74
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Modelling and Sculpting the Figure
Book SynopsisAn essential guide to the creative process for sculpting the figure. The human figure in sculpture is a powerful form, capable of great expression and depth. Sculpting the figure in any medium is a rewarding practice, but one that can lead to some challenges. Tanya Russell, founder and principal of the Art Academy in London, details the whole creative process for sculpting the figure, from the fundamental conceptual and practical considerations through to the finished and presented work. She covers essential tools and equipment, methods for building armatures, and the processes for creating not only realistic, but also abstract and expressive figures, in a variety of styles and materials. Techniques are supported by practical exercises with step-by-step instructions and images. The book is filled with the inspiring works of contemporary sculptors, all of whom are tutors, students, or alumni of the Art Academy. Modelling and Sculpting the Figure is an essential companion for beginners and established artists alike.Trade ReviewBeautifully presented in a fairly simple format with clear and simple language. There are plenty of both colour and black and white images which are quite inspirational is themselves...This book is helpful in its focus on some universal artistic principles and approaches to sculpting the human figure. -- Mary Cousins * South Wales Potters Newsletter *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Language of Art Chapter 2: Getting Started Chapter 3: Armatures Chapter 4: The Realistic Figure Chapter 5: The Abstracted Figure Chapter 6: The Expressive Figure Chapter 7: Finishing Suppliers Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Carving Caricature Heads Faces
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£11.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Georg Keilhoferâs Traditional Carving
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£11.39
Aarhus University Press Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture
Book SynopsisRichly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of the carvings of non-human beings, from centaurs to eagles, found in ecclesiastical settings. Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the borders of illuminated manuscripts to the symbol of the "green man", widespread in churches and cathedrals. These mysterious depictions are frequently interpreted as embodying or mitigating the fears symptomatic of a "dark age". This book, however, considers an alternative scenario: in what ways did monsters in twelfth-century sculpture help audiences envision, perhaps even achieve, various ambitions? Using examples of Romanesque sculpture from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Portugal, the author suggests that medieval representations of monsterscould service ideals, whether intellectual, political, religious, and social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he argues that their material presence energizes works of art in paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval imagination. KIRK AMBROSE is Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder.Trade ReviewAn insightful and overdue study that will pave the way for future research. * SPECULUM *[An] excellent work. ... Ambrose's scholarly contribution is fundamental to the progression of the study of Romanesque sculpture. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Profound and intellectually wide-ranging. ... A book that offers both a fresh and profound perspective on monsters and a superb, original, perspective on the current state of the field and some of its central questions. * BURLINGTON MAGAZINE *Fascinating. To the wonderful sculptures on which the author focuses, he brings knowledge and sound judgment. -- Christopher Howse * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching Monsters Past Present Ideal Bodies (Il)Legibility Creating Monsters Imagining Cosmos Epilogue
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