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The author considers the theory, practice, and criticism of early twentieth-century sculpture in order to reveal the changing meaning and significance of the archaic in the modern world.

Table of Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The American Academy in Rome and the Formation of Manship’s Archaism
  • 2. The Archaeological Background
  • 3. Archaism as Modernism: Content and Technique
  • 4. Centaur and Dryad: Manship’s Art in Context
  • 5. Archaism from Other Places and in Other Modes
  • 6. Archaism during the 1920s and 1930s: Decorative and Monumental
  • 7. Archaism and the Critics: Disenchantment
  • Appendix: “The Decorative Value of Greek Sculpture”
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index

Archaism Modernism and the Art of Paul Manship

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/12/2014
      ISBN13: 9780292765108, 978-0292765108
      ISBN10: 029276510X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author considers the theory, practice, and criticism of early twentieth-century sculpture in order to reveal the changing meaning and significance of the archaic in the modern world.

      Table of Contents
      • Illustrations
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. The American Academy in Rome and the Formation of Manship’s Archaism
      • 2. The Archaeological Background
      • 3. Archaism as Modernism: Content and Technique
      • 4. Centaur and Dryad: Manship’s Art in Context
      • 5. Archaism from Other Places and in Other Modes
      • 6. Archaism during the 1920s and 1930s: Decorative and Monumental
      • 7. Archaism and the Critics: Disenchantment
      • Appendix: “The Decorative Value of Greek Sculpture”
      • Notes
      • Bibliography of Works Cited
      • Index

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