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Canova - Sketching in Clay (Hardcover)
C. D. Dickerson, Emerson Bowyer; Contributions by Anthony Sigel, Elyse Nelson
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The first book-length examination of the clay models and creative
process of the preeminent neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova The
most celebrated sculptor of the neoclassical age, Antonio Canova
(1757–1822) established himself as the preeminent artist of his
time with his funerary monuments and meticulously carved marbles on
classical themes. Although his idealized and sensual sculptures are
widely known, this is the first book devoted entirely to the
brilliantly expressive clay models that he made in preparation for
his marble sculptures. Only sixty-five of his terracotta models
survive today. Extraordinarily modern in their boldness, the models
retain the touch of the artist’s hand and yield a revelatory
glimpse into Canova’s imaginative and technical process. The
authors, with expertise in art history and conservation, examine
Canova’s techniques for making terracotta models, including how
he used clay to develop full-scale models that his assistants
copied in marble, and his practice of gifting his models to
friends. Distributed for the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exhibition Schedule: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (June
11–October 9, 2023) Art Institute of Chicago (November 19,
2023–March 18, 2024)
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Camille Claudel
Emerson Bowyer, Anne-Lise Desmas
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Camille Claudel (1864–1943) was among the most daring and
visionary sculptors of the late nineteenth century. Although much
attention has been paid to her tumultuous life—her affair with
her mentor, Auguste Rodin; the premature end to her career; her
thirty-year institutionalization in an asylum—her art remains
little known outside of France. Memorably praised by critic Octave
Mirbeau in 1895 as “a revolt of nature: a woman of genius,”
Claudel was celebrated for her brilliance during a time when female
woman sculptors were rare. Featuring more than two hundred
photographs along with contributions from leading experts, this
publication accompanies the first comprehensive survey of
Claudel’s oeuvre in nearly forty years. With essays exploring the
many facets of her life, work, and reception; a biography;
commentary by American sculptor Kiki Smith; and a fascinating
appendix of documents written by Claudel and her contemporaries,
this volume reevaluates the artist’s work on its own merits and
repositions her legacy within a more complex genealogy of
modernism.
Explores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global
present have used sculpture and color to evoke the presence of the
living body Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion
bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the
boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the
body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works from
13th-century Europe to the global present, revealing new insights
into the strategies artists deploy to blur the distinction between
art and life. Sculpture, which has historically taken the human
figure as its subject, is presented here in myriad manifestations
created by artists ranging from Donatello and Degas to Picasso,
Kiki Smith, and Jeff Koons. Featuring works created in traditional
media such as wood and marble as well as the unexpected such as
wax, metal, and blood, Like Life presents sculpture both
conventional and shocking, including effigies, dolls, mannequins,
automata, waxworks, and anatomical models. Containing texts by art
and cultural historians as well as interviews with contemporary
artists, this is a provocative exploration of three-dimensional
representations of the human body.
A beautiful volume that brings to light the forgotten Le Nain
brothers, a trio of 17th-century French master painters who
specialized in portraiture, religious subjects, and scenes of
everyday peasant life In France in the 17th century, the brothers
Antoine (c. 1598-1648), Louis (c. 1600/1605-1648), and Mathieu
(1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they
became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their
depictions of middle-class leisure activities, and particularly for
their representations of peasant families, who gaze out at the
viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions, along
with their oddly suspended action, imparts a sense of dignity to
their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting
the artists' full range of production, including altarpieces,
private devotional paintings, portraits, and the poignant images of
peasants for which the brothers are best known, this generously
illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship,
dating, and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the
field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of
the paintings, which constitutes a major contribution to the
scholarship on the Le Nain brothers. Published in association with
the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Exhibition Schedule: Kimbell
Art Museum (05/22/16-09/11/16) de Young Museum, San Francisco
(10/08/16-01/29/17) Musee du Louvre-Lens (03/22/2017-06/26/2017)
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