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The Horse and Jockey from Artemisionby Seán Hemingway
University of California Press 2004; US$ 70.00In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they had gone down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision," are among the very few surviving bronze sculptures from antiquity. Seán Hemingway has been allowed by the National Museum in Athens to investigate the horse and jockey statuary group as no one ever has before, and in this book, combining archaeological and art historical methods of investigation, he provides the first in-depth study of this rare and beautiful monument. New technical analyses of the statues by Helen Andreopoulou-Mangou form an appendix... more...
Sheela-na-gigsby Barbara Freitag
Routledge 2004; US$ 42.95A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles. more...
Royal bronze statuary from ancient Egyptby M. Hill
BRILL 2004; US$ 118.00This study exploits the clues offered by bronze royal statuary to carefully analyze this large subgroup by identifying 125 datable examples out of nearly 300. It also establishes a more precise understanding of the role of small royal bronze statuary through a focus on the popular kneeling pose. more...
Roman Imperial Statue Basesby Jakob Munk Højte
Aarhus University Press 2005; US$ 47.75This volume includes a catalogue of 2,300 known statue bases from nearly 800 sites throughout the Roman Empire. Moreover, since it covers a period of 250 years, it allows for the first time consistent geographic, chronological and commemorative patterns to emerge. more...
Rodin's Artby Albert E. Elsen; Rosalyn Frankel Jamison; Bernard Barryte; Frank Wing
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 68.00This reference/catalogue, written by the late Dr. Elsen, encompasses a lifetime's thoughts on Rodin's career, surveying the artist's accomplishments through the detailed discussion of each object in the collection. It begins with essays on the formation of the collection, the reception of Rodin's work, and his casting techniques. more...
Tilted Arc Controversyby Harriet F. Senie
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 72.00Since its installation at and subsequent removal from New York City?s Federal Plaza, noted sculptor Richard Serra?s Tilted Arc has been a touchstone for debates over the role of public art. Installed in 1981, the 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long curved wall of Cor-Ten self-rusting steel instantly became a magnet for criticism. Harriet F. Senie explores the history of Tilted Arc, including its 1979 commission and the heated public hearings that eventually led to its removal in 1989. She examines the tactics of those opposed to the sculpture and the media?s superficial and sensational coverage of the controversy, reframing the dialogue in terms of public art, public space, and public policy. more...
The Color of Stoneby Charmaine Nelson
University of Minnesota Press 2007; US$ 82.50In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculptureÑcolor. Considering three major worksÑHiram PowersÕs Greek Slave, William Wetmore StoryÕs Cleopatra, and Edmonia LewisÕs Death of CleopatraÑshe explores the intersection of race, sex, and class to reveal the meanings each work holds in terms of colonial histories of visual representation. more...
Sculpture with a Torchby John Rood
University of Minnesota Press 1968; US$ 60.00John Rood, a sculpture and former professor of art at the University of Minnesota, provides in this book a practical, how-to-do-it discussion of the technique of welded metal sculpture. In addition to serving as an instruction manual for students and arti more...
Art of Eastern India, 300-800by Frederick M. Asher
University of Minnesota Press 1980; US$ 67.50Though scholars have extensive knowledge of the art that flourished during Pala rule in Eastern India (ca. 800-1200), little is known about Eastern Indian art during the preceding 500 years. This half-millennium includes the period of the Gupta dynasty an more...