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This book, the first of a two-volume set documenting the distinguished and comprehensive collection of American sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, focuses on late nineteenth-century works. The book includes sculpture by such masters as Hiram Powers, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Gaston Lachaise, and it offers premier examples of neoclassical ideal nudes, expressive genre statuettes, studies for monumental sculpture, portraits in a variety of styles and materials, and much more.

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Author: H. W. (ed.). JANSON

Edition: First Edition
Number Of Pages: 496

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A massive history of ancient art, with 42 full-page color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations.

Format: Illustrated

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An extremely rich Belgian collection of Art Nouveau articles is behind the adventure leading to the conceiving of this book. Michel Draguet, in eight reference-filled chapters, guides the reader through the period between the end of the last century and the beginning of the present one, the herald of deep changes inspiring an art which, stemming from the symbolist and decadent instances, unfolds like a page of literature.

The articles of applied arts figuring in the book have the flavor of the poetry of Baudelaire and Mallarmé, recall the microcosm of Proustian interiors and take us back to an atmosphere steeped in the contributions of several arts, from dance to painting and sculpture, wherein the search for new techniques clearly does not play merely a minor role. Between literature and industry, a portent of the new century striding in, Treasures of Art Nouveau gives us back the savor of a world fully aware of the winds of change.

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Author: Frederick Hartt

Edition: 4th 2-vol set
ISBN: 0137962444

Languages:
Original Language: English
Unknown: English
Published: English

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Author:

• Ellen Laing
• Helen Liu

Edition: 1
ISBN: 0804734550
Number Of Pages: 232
Release Date: 2004-02-18

Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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"Up in Flames" is the first comprehensive study of the traditional Chinese craft of paper sculpture: the construction in bamboo and paper of human figures, figures of gods, buildings, and other objects—all intended to be ritually burned. The book documents this ancient craft as it exists today in Taiwan. The fascinating fundamentals of the craft, the tools and materials, as well as the techniques used to construct houses and human figures, never investigated before, are described and illustrated in detail. The written material is augmented by many color photographs showing the objects and the men and women who make them.

Although the tradition of burning objects as a part of religious ceremonies is still strong, the traditional paper and bamboo objects are being more and more often replaced by plastic components and whole preprinted cardboard counterparts. The resulting changes in the personal, business, and especially the creative and artistic side of the craft are therefore also addressed.

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Author: James N. Wood

ISBN: 0300116276
Number Of Pages: 160

Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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ISBN: 0295988614
Number Of Pages: 223

Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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Sculpture parks and gardens, whether woodland sanctuaries or urban retreats, sprawling sites or intimate oases, offer sculpture lovers and artists alike unique ways to experience the outdoors, sculpture, and the intersections between nature and culture. Since the mid-20th century, these venues have become important tourist destinations and essential aspects of public life in cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle and regions such as Yorkshire in England and the Hudson Highlands in New York.

Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks surveys a wide range of sculpture parks and gardens that focus on contemporary art - from well-established, museum-type institutions to small-scale, non-collecting, experimental programs. The book includes profiles of sculpture parks in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Lithuania, China, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, India, Latvia, Sweden, and Finland (among others). There are articles on key topics by art critics, landscape architects, and sculpture park professionals and interviews with Isamu Noguchi, Martin Friedman, and Alfio Bonanno.

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• ISBN13: 9780295988610
• Condition: New
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Author:

• Frederick Hartt
• Rosenthal

Edition: 4th
ISBN: 0130524166
Number Of Pages: 600

Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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A comprehensive, definitive, extensively illustrated introduction to the history of world art and architecture - from ancient to modern times - this bestselling, authoritative survey provides an understanding of art as art, and art achievements as a factor in human cultural history. Co-published with Harry N. Abrams Inc., the 4 color reproduction quality is better than ever.

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Author: Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner

ISBN: 0300059485
Number Of Pages: 489

Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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In this beautifully illustrated book-the first in almost a century devoted solely to Roman sculpture-Diana E. E. Kleiner discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. Throughout, Kleiner treats Roman sculpture in its cultural, political, and social contexts and, wherever possible, as an element of the architectural complex in which it was set.

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This edition was revised contemporaneously by two art history teachers, one of them employed at Calvert School.

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