This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the significant growth of sculpture as an artistic form in Europe and America from 1900 to 1945. Using a clearly defined thematic structure it identifies key issues and developments throughout this period. Individual chapters cover: public sculpture; the monument; the object; image-making; the built environment; the figurative ideal; and different materials. These themes broadly reflect the changing cultural and political climate of a turbulent period which included two world wars, each preceded by widespread rising nationalism. The practice of sculpture is considered within the wider artistic context of painting and architecture and the development of international art markets. Auguste Rodin serves as the book's point of departure, and as a recurrent point of reference.
- ISBN10 0192100459
- ISBN13 9780192100450
- Publish Date 1 January 2000 (first published 21 October 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 May 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 298
- Language English