Main entry:

Hall, James, 1963- author.

Title & Author:

The world as sculpture : the changing status of sculpture from the Renaissance to the present day / James Hall.

Publication:

London : Chatto & Windus, 1999.

Description:

xii, 435 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-357) and index.
Pt. 1. The Limited Art. 1. The Image of the Artist. 2. Self-Portraiture. 3. Sculpture in the Round: The Tiresome Art. 4. Sight versus Touch. 5. Sculpture and Language. 6. Sculpture and Colour. 7. The Classical Ideal and Sculpture's Lack of Modernity -- Pt. 2. The Art of Modernity. 8. Worker-Artists i: Courbet to Picasso. 9. Worker-Artists ii: Duchamp to Now. 10. Beyond Relief. 11. The Education of the Senses i: Child's Play. 12. The Education of the Senses ii: Hollows and Bumps in Space. 13. Loving Objects. 14. Beyond Photography. Aftermath: The Universe as Sculpture?

Summary:

This dazzling cultural history, delving back through the centuries, sets out to answer a baffling question - how has sculpture, for so long the lesser art come to take a leading role today?

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

070116882X
9780701168827

Subject:

Sculpture, Modern.
Sculpture Appreciation History.
Sculpture, Modern 20th century History.
Sculpture History.
Sculpture 20e siècle Histoire.
Sculpture Appréciation Histoire.
Sculpture Histoire.
Sculpture
Sculpture Appreciation
Plastische kunst.
Receptie.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214623
Call No.: NB185 .H3 1999
Status: Available