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  • Auguste Rodinby Rainer Maria Rilke

    Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95

    Dieses Buch erkundet die künstlerische Kreativität eines der größten Bildhauer der Geschichte mithilfe eines Textes des Schriftstellers Rainer Maria Rilke und einer Fülle beeindruckender Bilder. Es enthält die bekanntesten Meisterwerke Rodins, dieses Bronze- und Marmor-Genies, das seinen revolutionären künstlerischen Ansatz zur Skulptur und zum menschlichen... more...

  • Auguste Rodinby Rainer Maria Rilke

    Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95

    Discover the creative power of one of the greatest sculptors of all time in this book, with text by the talented poet Rainer Maria Rilke, accompanied by a rich selection of beautiful images. This book showcases the most renowned masterpieces of this genius, who knew more than anybody how to immortalise his revolutionary rapport with the subject of... more...

  • Tilted Arc Controversyby Harriet F. Senie

    University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 72.00

    Since 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... more...

  • Sculpture and its Reproductionsby Anthony Hughes; Erich Ranfft

    Reaktion Books 1997; US$ 28.95

    This collection of essays is the first of its kind to focus on issues concerning sculpture and reproduction, and to explore their theoretical and practical consequences. What does it mean for a sculpture to be reproduced? Does it diminish or add to the authenticity and authority of the original? Ranging from the Ancient to the Modern world, and investigating... more...

  • Recarving of Roman portraits in Late Antiquityby M. Prusac

    BRILL 2010; US$ 226.00

    This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. It includes analyses of different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localised workshops. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique... more...

  • Where Is My Home?by Musya Glants

    Lexington Books 2010; US$ 84.99

    Where Is My Home?: The Art and Life of the Russian-Jewish Sculptor Mark Antokolskii, 1843?1902 is the first full-length study in English of the art and life of Mark Antokolskii, the widely recognized Russian and European sculptor of the late 19th century. An originator of novel trends in sculpture in its transition to modernism, Antokolskii was the... more...

  • Of What One Cannot Speakby Mieke Bal

    University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 52.00

    Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born artist, addresses the politics of memory and forgetting in work that embraces fraught situations in dangerous places. Noted critic and theorist Mieke Bal narrates between the disciplines of contemporary culture in order to boldly reimagine the role of the visual arts. Both women are pathbreaking figures, globally renowned... more...

  • The First Hall of Fameby Joseph Geiger

    BRILL 2008; US$ 138.00

    The statues of the Forum Augustum are analysed with respect to textual, archaeological and epigraphic evidence and are examined in terms of Greek and Roman influences, structure, composition and purpose. The final chapters consider later additions and the continuing impact of this group of statues. more...

  • A Mythic Obsessionby Tom Kupsh

    Chicago Review Press 2008; US$ 21.99

    In addition to hundreds of whimsical welded sculptures, Tom Every poured most of his effort into the Forevertron , the world?s largest sculpture built by a single person, and in the process, he discovered his alter ego: Dr. Evermor. With the full participation of Tom and Eleanor Every, Every?s amazing life is keenly documented, including never... more...

  • Esculturaby Victoria Charles

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00

    El volumen de Mega Square Escultura abarca más de 23.000 ańos y contiene más de 120 ejemplos de las esculturas más hermosas del mundo, desde el arte prehistórico y las estatuas egipcias hasta las obras de Miguel Ángel, Henry Moore y Niki de Saint-Phalle. Describe la gran variedad de materiales empleados y la evolución de los estilos a lo largo de los... more...