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The world as sculpture : the changing status of sculpture from the Renaissance to the present day / James Hall.

By: Publication details: London : Chatto & Windus, 1999.Description: xii, 435 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780701168827
  • 070116882X
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Contents:
Pt. 1. The Limited Art. 1. The Image of the Artist. 2. Self-Portraiture. 3. Sculpture in the Round: The Tiresome Art. 4. Sight versus Touch. 5. Sculpture and Language. 6. Sculpture and Colour. 7. The Classical Ideal and Sculpture's Lack of Modernity -- Pt. 2. The Art of Modernity. 8. Worker-Artists i: Courbet to Picasso. 9. Worker-Artists ii: Duchamp to Now. 10. Beyond Relief. 11. The Education of the Senses i: Child's Play. 12. The Education of the Senses ii: Hollows and Bumps in Space. 13. Loving Objects. 14. Beyond Photography. Aftermath: The Universe as Sculpture?
Summary: This dazzling cultural history, delving back through the centuries, sets out to answer a baffling question - how has sculpture, for so long the lesser art come to take a leading role today?
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Pink 730.01 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05016

Includes bibliography and index.

Pt. 1. The Limited Art. 1. The Image of the Artist. 2. Self-Portraiture. 3. Sculpture in the Round: The Tiresome Art. 4. Sight versus Touch. 5. Sculpture and Language. 6. Sculpture and Colour. 7. The Classical Ideal and Sculpture's Lack of Modernity -- Pt. 2. The Art of Modernity. 8. Worker-Artists i: Courbet to Picasso. 9. Worker-Artists ii: Duchamp to Now. 10. Beyond Relief. 11. The Education of the Senses i: Child's Play. 12. The Education of the Senses ii: Hollows and Bumps in Space. 13. Loving Objects. 14. Beyond Photography. Aftermath: The Universe as Sculpture?

This dazzling cultural history, delving back through the centuries, sets out to answer a baffling question - how has sculpture, for so long the lesser art come to take a leading role today?