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Bezig met laden... Modern Sculpture: A Concise Historydoor Herbert Read
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I found this to be a really nice overview. I am a fan of modern sculpture and feel that I now have a deeper understanding of the art. It was very helpful to see how all of these artists interrelated and influenced one another. What I didn't like was more about the construction of the book. At first, i found that the constant flipping back and forth to refer to photos from earlier pages to be cumbersome, but soon realized that this is the reality of having to discuss a broad range of pieces. I came to peace with it. My frustration reemerged in the latter third of the book because now I was reading pages and pages on one artist (Moore, Hepworth) with photos from other artists who the author never even refers to! Not the end of the world, I still gave the book 4 stars. I highly recommend it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings order into the apparently chaotic proliferation of styles and techniques during this period. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Read has an annoying habit of privileging artists that he knew well personally (Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Eduardo Paolozzi) in his narrative. Moore is a great artist and it is not as if he needs any special pleading, but Read provides it anyway. It all comes across as unpleasantly clubby in the worst British sense. (From an avowed anarchist and the son of a farmer, no less!)
The illustrations are another matter. They are fascinating, but a vast number of the sculptors and pieces, especially in the second half of the volume, are referred to nowhere in the text, or at most in a list. Whoever put this edition together allowed the textual and visual sides of the book to lead separate lives. ( )