A Concise History of Modern Sculpture

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Aboiltthís Thisbook traces the development of modern sculp- J n t ture from Rodin to the present day, and brings o^der' DOOK jntQ apparently.chaotic proliferation of styles*and techniques during this period. First we see the founda-1 tion of modern sculpture being laid by Rodin, with important contributions from Maillol and painters 4 like Degas and Matisse. Then it is shown how another palnter, Pablo Picasso, became responsible for several new developments in the art of sculpture, and due attention is given to his inventive genius in this médium. The relation of sculpture to Cubism, • - 1. Futurism, Expressionism and Surrealism is clarified,]
and the work of individual geniuses like BrancusiJ Giacometti, f Gabo and Henry Moore is carefully assessed. It may be said of this volume as was said of its companion (A Concise History of Modern Painting) that in it Herbert Read brings to the subject not only the knowledge of'a lifetime devoted to its study, but álso; the understanding of... Tovább

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Aboiltthís Thisbook traces the development of modern sculp- J n t ture from Rodin to the present day, and brings o^der' DOOK jntQ apparently.chaotic proliferation of styles*and techniques during this period. First we see the founda-1 tion of modern sculpture being laid by Rodin, with important contributions from Maillol and painters 4 like Degas and Matisse. Then it is shown how another palnter, Pablo Picasso, became responsible for several new developments in the art of sculpture, and due attention is given to his inventive genius in this médium. The relation of sculpture to Cubism, • - 1. Futurism, Expressionism and Surrealism is clarified,]
and the work of individual geniuses like BrancusiJ Giacometti, f Gabo and Henry Moore is carefully assessed. It may be said of this volume as was said of its companion (A Concise History of Modern Painting) that in it Herbert Read brings to the subject not only the knowledge of'a lifetime devoted to its study, but álso; the understanding of one who has himself ^articipated in the creative adventure of modern art.
r Herbert Read was ft>rn in 1893 in Yorkshire and was at the Uni-versity of Leeds when the First World War hroke out. He served as an infantry ofíicer in Francé artd Belgium,, and gained the d s o and m c. In 1931 he became Profes-sor of Fine Arts at the University öfEdinburgh. He was Clark Lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1929-30; Sydney Jones Lecturer in Art, líniversity of Liverpool* 1935-6; and Norton Professor bf Fine Art, Harvard University, 195 3-4. He is an Hon. D.Litt. University of Leeds, and President of the Society for Educationi in Art and of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. His publications include: The Meaningof Art, Art Nvw, Art and Society, Art and Industry, The Politics of the Uripolitkal, Poetry and Anarchism, Éducation Through Art, The Grass Roots of Art, Icon and Idea, The Art of Sculpture, A Letter to a Young Painter and A Concisé History of Modern Painting.
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