Sculpture

Taking up questions of artists' materials and technical processes currently at the vanguard of art-historical scholarship, this book studies the contiguity and interchange of workshop methods in the linked fabrication of both ephemeral and preparatory works by Bernini.

Bringing together established and emerging specialists in seventeenth-century Italian sculpture, Material Bernini is the first sustained examination of the conspicuous materiality of Bernini's work in sculpture, architecture, and paint.

Bringing together established and emerging specialists in seventeenth-century Italian sculpture, Material Bernini is the first sustained examination of the conspicuous materiality of Bernini's work in sculpture, architecture, and paint.

Verrocchio worked in an extraordinarily wide array of media and used unusual practices of making to express ideas.

This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures.

This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures.

This is a path-breaking contribution to the study of medieval metalwork and to the broader re-evaluation of medieval art.

This is a path-breaking contribution to the study of medieval metalwork and to the broader re-evaluation of medieval art.

This book presents new archival sources, suggests new interpretations of the David, and connects the statue to contemporary historical events in Florence.

This book presents new archival sources, suggests new interpretations of the David, and connects the statue to contemporary historical events in Florence.

This book examines a famous series of sculptures by the German artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) known as his "e;Character Heads.

This book examines a famous series of sculptures by the German artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) known as his "e;Character Heads.

First published in 1935, this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its achievements.

First published in 1935, this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its achievements.

Examines both the early modern reception and the ancient context of the Sumerian temple sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period.

Examines both the early modern reception and the ancient context of the Sumerian temple sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period.

This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity.

This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity.

Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD.

Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Rome in the first two centuries AD.

Using the visual and tactile experience of small-scale figurines, Greeks and Babylonians negotiated a hybrid, cross-cultural society in Hellenistic Mesopotamia.

Using the visual and tactile experience of small-scale figurines, Greeks and Babylonians negotiated a hybrid, cross-cultural society in Hellenistic Mesopotamia.

Offers analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, and art history.

Offers analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, and art history.

The first study of a crucial aspect of Roman stone sculpture, exploring the functions and aesthetics of non-figural supports.

Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.

Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.

This book explores the issue of ecclesiastical authority in Romanesque sculpture on the portals and other sculpted "e;gateways"e; of churches in the north Italian region of Lombardy.

This book explores the issue of ecclesiastical authority in Romanesque sculpture on the portals and other sculpted "e;gateways"e; of churches in the north Italian region of Lombardy.

Disclosing the interconnectedness of human and nonhuman bodies, understood here as more/than/human entanglements, this book makes a crucial intervention into the field of contemporary artistic studies, exploring how art can conceptualize material boundaries of entangled beings/doings.

Disclosing the interconnectedness of human and nonhuman bodies, understood here as more/than/human entanglements, this book makes a crucial intervention into the field of contemporary artistic studies, exploring how art can conceptualize material boundaries of entangled beings/doings.

This book explores the multifaceted aspects of sculptor's workshops from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century.

This book explores the multifaceted aspects of sculptor's workshops from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century.

This study reveals the broad material, devotional, and cultural implications of sculpture in Renaissance Venice.

This study reveals the broad material, devotional, and cultural implications of sculpture in Renaissance Venice.

This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself.

This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself.

This book investigates Jimmie Durham's community-building process of making and display in four of his projects in Europe: Something .

This book investigates Jimmie Durham's community-building process of making and display in four of his projects in Europe: Something .

The work aims at bringing the Persian texts into the study of the arts and technology of the Indo-lranian world - an approach much neglected so far.

The work aims at bringing the Persian texts into the study of the arts and technology of the Indo-lranian world - an approach much neglected so far.

This book demonstrates that copper-alloy casting was widespread in southern Nigeria and has been practiced for at least a millennium.

This book demonstrates that copper-alloy casting was widespread in southern Nigeria and has been practiced for at least a millennium.

It''s not just birdbrains that enjoy Birds of a Feather!

Highly respected by her peers and hugely influential on the subsequent generation of artists, the British artist Helen Chadwick produced a wideranging body of work in a variety of media, which shifted from early institutional and architectural critique to operatic installations, and to photographic projects and sculptures.

Rain machines; alarmed kosher pickle jars filled with gemstones; replica corn flakes boxes; 'disco decor'; time capsules; art bombs; birthday presents; perfume bottles and floating silver pillows that are clouds; paintings that are also films; museum interventions; collected and curated projects; expanded performance environments; holograms.

Rain machines; alarmed kosher pickle jars filled with gemstones; replica corn flakes boxes; 'disco decor'; time capsules; art bombs; birthday presents; perfume bottles and floating silver pillows that are clouds; paintings that are also films; museum interventions; collected and curated projects; expanded performance environments; holograms.

Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the twentieth century.

This is the biography of a set of rare Buddhist statues from China.

This extraordinary seven-part book covers the processes of creating 13 projects -- from pencils to vases to bicycles -- for all personalities, skill levels and interests.