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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?

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?