Sculpture 1900-1945

by Curtis, Penelope

• ISBN13: 9780192842282
• ISBN10: 0192842285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the significant growth ofsculpture as an artistic form in Europe and America from 1900-1945. Using aclearly-defined thematic structure it identifies key issues and developmentsthroughout this important period in the history of art. Individual chapterscover: public sculpture, the monument, the object, image-making, the builtenvironment, the figurative ideal, and different materials. These themes broadlyreflect the changing cultural and political climate of a turbulent period whichincluded two world wars, each preceded by widespread rising nationalism. Thepractice of sculpture is considered within the wider artistic context ofpainting and architecture and the development of international art markets.Auguste Rodin, whose ground-breaking exhibition opened in Paris in 1900, servesas the book's point of departure, and as a recurrent point of reference.

Author Biography

Penelope Curtis is Curator at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England. She has published studies of Oto Gutfreund, E. A. Bourdelle, Barbara Hepworth, Julio Gonzalez and twentieth-century British sculpture, and written catalogue essays for a number of contemporary artists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
The Public Place of Sculpture	5	(32)
The Tradition of the Monument	37	(36)
Direct Expression through the Material	73	(34)
The Private Arena: The Possibilities of Painting, Pictorialism, and the Spatial Environment	107	(34)
The Object: Function, Invitation, and Interaction	141	(38)
A Shared Ideal: Building a New Environment	179	(36)
The Figurative Ideal	215	(36)
Conclusion	251	(3)
List of Illustrations	254	(5)
Bibliographic Essay	259	(11)
Timeline	270	(7)
Index	277