A Concise History of Modern Sculpture

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THE WORLD OF ART A Concise History of Modern Sculpture ^¦ftk- 'f>, Herbert Read 339 plates 49 in color A true work of art, Herbert Read believed, acts as a bridge between the two worlds of feeling and perception, giving definition to feeling and form to perception. This is the significance of Cézanne's heroic struggle with his sensations and the starting-point of the modern movement. Despite Rodin's attempt to restore to sculpture the grandeur of Michelangelo's art, his work - with its prevailing mood of subjectivism - did not supply the foundation for a new art. It was the experimentál sculptures of Degas and Matisse, both strongly influenced by Cézanne, that were the modern sculptures. These, along with African tribal arts, led to Picasso's and Braque's Cubism - a decisive break with traditional representational art - the art of substitution and symbolism. Against this background, Sir Herbert discusses the work of the great masters of modern sculpture: Picasso, Brancusi, Gonzalez,... Tovább

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THE WORLD OF ART A Concise History of Modern Sculpture ^¦ftk- 'f>, Herbert Read 339 plates 49 in color A true work of art, Herbert Read believed, acts as a bridge between the two worlds of feeling and perception, giving definition to feeling and form to perception. This is the significance of Cézanne's heroic struggle with his sensations and the starting-point of the modern movement. Despite Rodin's attempt to restore to sculpture the grandeur of Michelangelo's art, his work - with its prevailing mood of subjectivism - did not supply the foundation for a new art. It was the experimentál sculptures of Degas and Matisse, both strongly influenced by Cézanne, that were the modern sculptures. These, along with African tribal arts, led to Picasso's and Braque's Cubism - a decisive break with traditional representational art - the art of substitution and symbolism. Against this background, Sir Herbert discusses the work of the great masters of modern sculpture: Picasso, Brancusi, Gonzalez, Marcel Duchamp, Giacometti, and Moore, and examines the major movements and their defining principles. The diffusion of styles of sculpture since World War II, represented by Chamberlain, Paolozzi, Nevelson, and others, leads the author to conclude that the distinctive characteristic of the post-war situation is the sculptor's determination to belong to no movement. ". . . There is illumination on every page, and his prose has a flexibility and crystalline purity that many contemporary writers on art would do well to emu/ate" - New York Times Book Review "His abi/ity to survey the accomp/ishments of the art since Rodin and sieve the essential... is unsurpassed. The illustrations are remarkab/e for their diversity" - Studio International Sir Herbert Read, one of the world's most eminent art critics, died in 1968 He was the author of many distinguished books, and his A Concise History of Modern Painting is alsó in The World of Art series. Vissza