A Moment's Monument: Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern Sculpture
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520294483 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Medardo Rosso (1858–1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art, and this book is the first historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. An innovative sculptor, photographer, and draftsman, Rosso was vital in paving the way for the transition from the academic forms of sculpture that persisted in the nineteenth century to the development of new and experimental forms in the twentieth. His antimonumental, antiheroic work reflected alienation in the modern experience yet showed deep feeling for interactions between self and other. In this book, Sharon Hecker develops a narrative that is an alternative to the dominan
Sharon Hecker’s book successfully places Rosso in an international context, and does so in a way that will speak not just to specialists working on Rosso but more broadly to historians of modern art and historians of modern sculpture."—Alex Potts, author of The Sculptural Imagination. From the Inside Flap"Medardo Rosso is one of the most important modern sculptors and is often seen as being, like Rodin, a key figure in the transition from traditional, classicizing forms of sculpture to new experimental forms