Sculpture vertical, horizontal, closed, open

Curtis, Penelope (author.). Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. (Added Author).

Summary: This book examines the fundamental similarities shared by all sculptures, regardless of the culture or time period in which they were created. Focusing on a wide range of British and European examples, of many periods, Penelope Curtis explores crucial sculptural concepts such as the vertical and the horizontal, the open and the closed. In doing so, she elucidates the powerful, and often surprising, properties of objects made in vastly different sociocultural contexts. Sculpture also expands the notion of sculpture to include the objects of everyday life and investigates the ways in which we approach sculpture as an art form. Stressing the fact that sculpture has been historically linked with rites of passage and moments of change and transformation, this revelatory study argues that the experience of sculpture is a universal and primal phenomenon that cuts across particular historical styles and epochs.

Record details

ISBN: 9780300227222
ISBN: 0300227221
Physical Description: print
vii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Vertical -- Horizontal -- Closed -- Open -- Ensemble.