In four chronologically organized chapters, this study traces the conceptual dependence and deep connectivity among Claes Oldenburg's poetry, sculpture, films, and performance art between 1956 and 1965.
In four chronologically organized chapters, this study traces the conceptual dependence and deep connectivity among Claes Oldenburg's poetry, sculpture, films, and performance art between 1956 and 1965.
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo's personal account of his development as an artistA leading exponent of the modern art movement known as Constructivism, Russian-born Naum Gabo was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century-an artist, designer, and theorist whose work changed the course of modern art.
Esta obra es una invitación lúdica para recorrer la ciudad y reconocer objetos y bienes de carácter patrimonial presentes en el espacio público de la capital.
An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroqueRoman baroque sculpture is usually thought of in terms of large-scale statues in marble and bronze, tombs, or portrait busts.
An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroqueRoman baroque sculpture is usually thought of in terms of large-scale statues in marble and bronze, tombs, or portrait busts.
"La publicación resultado del concurso 'La ciudad patrimonio de todos' de la convocatoria Ciudad y Patrimonio del Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural– se constituye en una oportunidad única para fomentar en la ciudadanía el aprecio por particulares elementos como es lo escultórico en entornos hídricos.
A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernityThis book presents an aesthetic of sculptural art, which has too often submitted to the rule of architecture and painting.
A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernityThis book presents an aesthetic of sculptural art, which has too often submitted to the rule of architecture and painting.
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.
La publicación comprende un reconocimiento al trabajo desarrollado por el artista Gustavo Arcila Uribe a lo largo de las primeras cinco décadas del siglo XX labor que ha enriquecido el conjunto del patrimonio mueble de Bogotá.
The late Albert Elsen was the first American scholar to study seriously the work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the person most responsible for a revival of interest in the artist as a modern innovator--after years during which the sculpture had been dismissed as so much Victorian bathos.
This book takes a novel, data-driven approach to the cemeteries of Paris, analyzing a largely text-based body of archival material as proxy evidence for visual material that has been lost due to systematic, and legally sanctioned, acts of erasure.
This book takes a novel, data-driven approach to the cemeteries of Paris, analyzing a largely text-based body of archival material as proxy evidence for visual material that has been lost due to systematic, and legally sanctioned, acts of erasure.
This companion book to the documentary of the same name highlights the multifaceted nature of Maria Bartuszova's art, a body of work which lies within a symbiosis between tranquility and the vibrant vitality of meaning and emotion.
Lew French is a master stonemason who finds and gathers hundreds of individual stones to create a single fireplace or an outdoor stone wall that looks like it had been there for hundreds of years.
Lisa Fedon is creating a series of books all under the title of Sculpture Speaks to share her insights in the hope of helping and inspiring others to follow their dreams.
Con cada uno de sus libros, el filósofo e historiador del arte Georges Didi-Huberman profundiza la problemática de las imágenes en el mundo contemporáneo.
Una severa estatua en una plaza, el piadoso vitral de una iglesia, la simpática efeméride en la portada de una revista infantil representan objetos portadores de significado social, diseñados para transmitir una determinada impronta donde el pasado se temporaliza en un presente épico, perpetuo e inamovible.
This book offers a fresh perspective on Michelangelo's well-known masterpiece, the Vatican Pieta, by tracing the shifting meaning of the work of art over time.
This book offers a fresh perspective on Michelangelo's well-known masterpiece, the Vatican Pieta, by tracing the shifting meaning of the work of art over time.
Lo que este texto y su autor Jaime Reyes nos presenta, es un fragmento del camino creativo de José Balcells en la escultura; donde el escultor concibe la obra en relación a un nombre y los ejecutantes que la construyen están en el ejercicio de la fidelidad a la obra en su forma.
This book tells the story of the Del Riccio family in Florence in the early modern period, investigating the cultural mediations fostered by the family between Florence, Rome, and Naples, as well as shedding light on the intellectual and social exchanges between different regions of Italy and on the creation of foreign nations within the main Italian cities.
This book tells the story of the Del Riccio family in Florence in the early modern period, investigating the cultural mediations fostered by the family between Florence, Rome, and Naples, as well as shedding light on the intellectual and social exchanges between different regions of Italy and on the creation of foreign nations within the main Italian cities.
An expansive collection of texts providing insight into the inner life, creativity, and practice of the innovative American artist Anne Truitt Spanning more than fifty years, this comprehensive volume collects the letters, journal entries, interviews, lectures, reviews, and remembrances of the groundbreaking twentieth-century artist Anne Truitt (1921-2004).
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.
This accessible beginner's guide covers everything you need to know to start creating amazing origami art, featuring clear, step-by-step instructions with helpful photos.
How leading American artists reflected on the fate of humanity in the nuclear era through monumental sculptureIn the wake of the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945, artists in the United States began to question what it meant to create a work of art in a world where humanity could be rendered extinct by its own hand.
Just six miles from the center of Belfast, County Down, on the plateau of Ballynahatty above the River Lagan, is one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring.
Just six miles from the center of Belfast, County Down, on the plateau of Ballynahatty above the River Lagan, is one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring.
