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The British School of Sculpture, C.1760-1832

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367787240
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The British School of Sculpture, C.1760-1832 written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British School of Sculpture, c. 1760-1832 represents the first edited collection exploring one of the most significant moments in British art history, returning to centre stage a wide range of sculpture considered for the first time by some of the most important scholars in the field. Following a historical and historiographical introduction by the editors, situating British sculpture in relation to key events and developments in the period, and the broader scholarship on British art more generally in the period and beyond, the book contains nine wide-ranging case studies that consider the place of antique and modern sculpture in British country houses in the period, monuments to heroes of commerce and the Napoleonic Wars, the key debates fought around ideal sculpture at the Royal Academy, the reception of British sculpture across Europe, the reception of Hindu sculpture deriving from India in Britain, and the relationship of sculpture to emerging industrial markets, both at home and abroad. Challenging characterisations of the period as 'neoclassical', the volume reveals British sculpture to be a much more eclectic and various field of endeavour, both in service of the state and challenging it, and open to sources ranging from the newly arrived Parthenon Frieze to contemporary print culture.

Public Sculpture of North-East England

Author : Paul Usherwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Public Sculpture of North-East England written by Paul Usherwood and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents some 450 public monuments and sculptures of the northeast of England. Entries on each piece contain bandw photos and details on materials, physical conditions, ownership and commissioning, and use and interpretation at various times in history. From this emerges a picture both of the development of public sculpture and monuments in the region and of the contribution these objects make to ideas of local identity. Material is arranged geographically. Includes bandw maps, a glossary, introductory essays, and brief biographies of sculptors and architects. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Mother Stone: the Vitality of Modern British Sculpture

Author : Anne Middleton Wagner
Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780300106855
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis Mother Stone: the Vitality of Modern British Sculpture by : Anne Middleton Wagner

Download or read book Mother Stone: the Vitality of Modern British Sculpture written by Anne Middleton Wagner and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mother Stone Anne Middleton Wagner looks anew at the carvings of the first generation of British modernists, a group centered around Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Jacob Epstein. Wagner probes the work of these sculptors, discusses their shared avant-garde materialism, and identifies a common theme that runs through their work and that of other artists of the period: maternity. Why were artists for three turbulent decades after the First World War seemingly preoccupied with representations of pregnant women and the mother and child? Why was this the great new subject, especially for sculpture? Why was the imagery of bodily reproduction at the core of the effort to revitalize what in Britain had become a somnolent art? Wagner finds the answers to these questions at the intersection between the politics of maternity and sculptural innovation. She situates British sculpture fully within the new reality of “bio-power”—the realm of Marie Stopes, Brave New World, and Melanie Klein. And in a series of brilliant studies of key works, she offers a radical rereading of this sculpture’s main concerns and formal language.

Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe

Author : Imogen Hart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501341278
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe written by Imogen Hart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By foregrounding the overlaps between sculpture and the decorative, this volume of essays offers a model for a more integrated form of art history writing. Through distinct case studies, from a seventeenth-century Danish altarpiece to contemporary British ceramics, it brings to centre stage makers, objects, concepts and spaces that have been marginalized by the enforcement of boundaries within art and design discourse. These essays challenge the classed, raced and gendered categories that have structured the histories and languages of art and its making. Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and practice of sculpture and the decorative arts and the methodologies of art history.

Public Sculpture of Glasgow

Author : Raymond McKenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0853239274
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Public Sculpture of Glasgow written by Raymond McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains important sculptures by most of the greatest British sculptors and some continental sculptors - John Flaxman, Auguste-Nicolas Cain, John Gibson, Francis Chantrey, Carlo Marochetti, Hamo Thornycroft, George Frampton, J. H. Foley and many others." "The study of architectural sculpture, falling between the history of art and the history of architecture, has been until very recently generally neglected - even by that great pioneer, Rupert Gunnis. Ray Mackenzie has in this volume for the first time demonstrated the importance of Glasgow's architectural sculpture and explained its function with a wealth of detail."--BOOK JACKET.

Public Sculpture of the City of London

Author : Philip Ward-Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Public Sculpture of the City of London written by Philip Ward-Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the financial capital of the British Empire, the City commissioned imposing statues of those who had made it what it was. More surprising is the wealth of architectural sculpture, including the friezes of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the most important of the 'New Sculpture'.

Public Sculpture of Bristol

Author : Douglas Merritt
Publisher : Public Sculpture of Britain Lu
ISBN 13 : 9781846316388
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Public Sculpture of Bristol written by Douglas Merritt and published by Public Sculpture of Britain Lu. This book was released on 2011 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated on the scenic River Avon, the West Country city of Bristol, England, has an abundance of public sculpture adorning its historic streets, buildings, and squares. This volume draws attention to over two hundred of these works through illustrations, biographical entries, and essays, including a detailed survey of Bristol's church monuments. Dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, Bristol was a major regional center as infamous for its slave trade as it was renowned for its sherry and manufacturing, and its fascinating history lives on in its monuments. The wealth of information that Public Sculpture of Bristol makes available will entice visitors to this vibrant city as well as encourage its guardians to plan for the conservation of its rich heritage.

Surrealism in Britain

Author : Michael Remy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042962719X
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Surrealism in Britain written by Michael Remy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was originally published in 1999, and is the first comprehensive study of the British surrealist movement and its achievements. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a year-by-year narrative of the development of surrealism among artists, writers, critics and theorists in Britain. Surrealism was imported into Britain from France by pioneering little magazines. The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London, put together by Herbert Read and Roland Penrose, marked the first attempt to introduce the concept to a wider public. Relations with the Soviet Union, the Spanish Civil War and World War Two fractured the nascent movement as writers and artists worked out their individual responses and struggled to earn a living in wartime. The book follows the story right through to the present day. Michael Remy draws on 20 years of studying British surrealism to provide this authoritative and biographically rich account, a major contribution to the understanding of the achievements of the artists and writers involved and their allegiance to this key twentieth-century movement.

Recording Britain

Author : Gill Saunders
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781851776610
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Recording Britain written by Gill Saunders and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording Britain was an artistic documentary project compiled as Britain was facing the potentially devastating impact of the Second World War. This book brings together highlights from the collection by artists such as John Piper, Michael Rothenstein, Barbara Jones and Stanley Badmin.

Postwar Modern

Author : Jane Alison
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3791379356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Postwar Modern written by Jane Alison and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark volume offers a major re-assessment of the art that emerged in Britain in the twenty years following the end of the Second World War: a period of anxiety, profound social change and explosive creativity. Published to coincide with the Barbican Centre’s 40th anniversary, it draws together the work of fifty artists, exploring a period straddled precariously between the horror of the past and the promise of the future. Spanning painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and photography, Postwar Modern will explore a rich field of experiment which challenges the idea that Britain was a cultural backwater at this time. Through new texts by Jane Alison, Hilary Floe, Ben Highmore, Hammad Nassar and Greg Salter, the book looks afresh at celebrated artists such as Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Eduardo Paolozzi, shown in dialogue with lesser-known figures. These will include those, like Francis Newton Souza, Avinash Chandra and Robert Adams, who were acclaimed by contemporaries but neglected in subsequent history-making; others, like Kim Lim, Anwar Jalal Shemza and Franciszka Themerson, are only now attracting the attention they deserve. Throughout their work, vital shared preoccupations become visible: gender, class, race and nationhood; the body, the bombsite, and the home. It is a period resonating strongly with our own: as the UK emerges from more than a decade of austerity and confronts the challenges of post-pandemic reconstruction, society is asking similarly deep questions about who we want and need to be.

Modern British Sculpture

Author : Penelope Curtis
Publisher : Royal Academy Books
ISBN 13 : 9781905711727
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Modern British Sculpture written by Penelope Curtis and published by Royal Academy Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published on the occasion of the exhibition ... Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 January - 7 April 2011"-- T. p. verso.

Barbara Hepworth

Author : Penelope Curtis
Publisher : Tate
ISBN 13 : 9781849763318
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Barbara Hepworth written by Penelope Curtis and published by Tate. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for her elegantly sleek sculptures in stone, wood, and bronze, Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) is among Britain's most important modern artists. This groundbreaking new publication focuses on the spaces and contexts, physical and conceptual, in which the artist is positioned. It examines her interest in staging and presenting work--indoors and out--in studio, film, garden, stage, architecture, photography, and print. As well as placing her work alongside her British and international contemporaries, a broad range of distinguished contributors also consider wider technical and intellectual concerns. Richly illustrated with more than 200 color images drawn from her entire career, the catalog represents some of Hepworth's best-known works in addition to introducing some of her less familiar pieces. The book features previously unseen documentary material, including photographs and film stills that cast new light on one of the 20th century's greatest artists.

British Folk Art

Author : Jeff McMillan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849762649
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book British Folk Art written by Jeff McMillan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides an accessible introduction to folk art, an established subject in many countries, but in Britain the genre remains elusive.

The Sculpture of Austin Wright

Author : James Hamilton
Publisher : Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sculpture of Austin Wright written by James Hamilton and published by Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new monograph is published in the British Sculptors and Sculpture Series, under the general editorship of Sir Alan Bowness. It includes an illustrated essay, which place Wright's achievement in the context of British sculpture in the twentieth century and focuses on its links with science, and a profusely illustrated catalogue of Wright's complete sculpture, as well as catalogues of his prints and his sketchbooks.

Art in Britain, 1660-1815

Author : David H. Solkin
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
ISBN 13 : 9780300215564
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Art in Britain, 1660-1815 written by David H. Solkin and published by Paul Mellon Centre. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art in Britain 1660-1815 presents the first social history of British art from the period known as the long 18th century, and offers a fresh and challenging look at the major developments in painting, drawing, and printmaking that took place during this period. It describes how an embryonic London art world metamorphosed into a flourishing community of native and immigrant practitioners, whose efforts ultimately led to the rise of a British School deemed worthy of comparison with its European counterparts. Within this larger narrative are authoritative accounts of the achievements of celebrated artists such as Peter Lely, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, and J.M.W. Turner. David H. Solkin has interwoven their stories and many others into a critical analysis of how visual culture reinforced, and on occasion challenged, established social hierarchies and prevailing notions of gender, class, and race as Britain entered the modern age. More than 300 artworks, accompanied by detailed analysis, beautifully illustrate how Britain's transformation into the world's foremost commercial and imperial power found expression in the visual arts, and how the arts shaped the nation in return. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster

Author : Philip Ward-Jackson
Publisher : Public Sculpture of Britain Lu
ISBN 13 : 9781846316623
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster written by Philip Ward-Jackson and published by Public Sculpture of Britain Lu. This book was released on 2011 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Westminster Borough of London, which includes much of the city's fashionable West End, boasts a large concentration of public sculptures, including war memorials, commemorative monuments, fountains, and other prominent works of art. Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster: Volume I documents nearly three hundred of these works, with illustrations and details of construction, selections of artists and sites, and conservation history. In the case of statues commemorating public figures, a brief biography is also provided focusing on the achievements celebrated. Additional sections discuss the use of Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square, and the Victoria Embankment as sites for commemoration.

Gothic Sculpture

Author : Paul Binski
Publisher : Association of Human Rights Institutes series
ISBN 13 : 9780300241433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Sculpture written by Paul Binski and published by Association of Human Rights Institutes series. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully illustrated study, Paul Binski offers a new account of sculpture in England and northwestern Europe between c. 1000 and 1500, examining Romanesque and Gothic art as a form of persuasion. Binski applies rhetorical analysis to a wide variety of stone and wood sculpture from such places as Wells, Westminster, Compostela, Reims, Chartres, and Naumberg. He argues that medieval sculpture not only conveyed information but also created experiences for the subjects who formed its audience. Without rejecting the intellectual ambitions of Gothic art, Binski suggests that surface effects, ornament, color, variety, and discord served a variety of purposes. In a critique of recent affective and materialist accounts of sculpture and allied arts, he proposes that all materials are shaped by human intentionality and artifice, and have a "poetic." Exploring the imagery of growth, change, and decay, as well as the powers of fear and pleasure, Binski allows us to use the language and ideas of the Middle Ages in the close reading of artifacts. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art