Sculpture & Installation

Renowned photographer Jonathan M. Singer presents his striking black-and-white images of Chinese ornamental rocks from a leading collection. Shaped by nature and selected by man, scholars' rocks, or gongshi, have been prized by Chinese intellectuals...

Frank Bowling (b.1934, Bartica, Guyana) is attracting ever-growing international recognition as an abstract painter. This is the first publication to examine Bowling's art and ideas in relation to sculpture. An extended essay by Sam Cornish charts...

Hands-on modelling is key skill for children, leading to the development of their mind and intelligence through a rich complexity of sense experiences.Arthur and Elizabeth Auer make a plea to parents and teachers alike to 'let children work with their...

Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian at the same time. Pelikan concentrates on four Cappadocians: Gregory of Nazianzus; Basil of Caesarea; Gregory of Nyssa; and Macrina,...

An in-depth look at a public art project by David Hammons with an overview of the enigmatic artist's career Published to commemorate David Hammons's (b. 1943) public art project Day's End, located in New York City, this book documents the sculpture and...

Carve lifelike animal-handled canes and walking sticks with power tools. Over 180 clear color photos and concise, informative text take the reader through all the tools, techniques, and individual steps, from carving the blank and setting the eyes to...

Sculptural species: A new life-form in its own right? Lena Herzog captures the uncanny sculpture-creatures of Theo Jansen For the past seven years, photographer and artist Lena Herzog has followed the evolution of a new, kinetic species. Intricate as...

Providing the first thorough study of sculptural portraiture in 18th-century Britain, this important book challenges both the idea that portrait necessarily implies painting and the assumption that Enlightenment thought is manifest chiefly in French art...

An expansive collection of texts providing insight into the inner life, creativity, and practice of the innovative American artist Anne Truitt Spanning more than fifty years, this comprehensive volume collects the letters, journal entries, interviews,...

A comprehensive monograph on the pioneering artist Anthony Caro. Regarded as the greatest British artist of his generation and represented in museum collections all over the world, Anthony Caro revolutionized sculpture in the 1960s, by taking the...

Public Sculpture of Lancashire and Cumbria is a fascinating book that provides much needed attention to the best public sculpture and monuments in these north-west counties. With an invaluable introduction and notes, the author highlights in particular...

This lavishly illustrated book breaks new ground in focusing on some of the many successful professional British women sculptors active during this period. Largely unknown, the few women who have been mentioned in histories of twentieth century...

Nationally known carver Bob Lundy shares the techniques of relief carving in an easy to follow book. Amply illustrated, it takes the reader step-by-step through two carving projects and offers the information needed to carry out even more. With...

Film and video create an illusory world, a reality elsewhere, and a material presence that both dramatizes and demystifies the magic trick of moving pictures. Beginning in the 1960s, artists have explored filmic and televisual phenomena in the controlled...

Tool marks and joins, Cycladic and Daedalic styles, and kouroi and kanephoroi are among the many terms pertaining to the study of classical stone sculpture that are succinctly described in this latest addition to the "Looking At" series. Presented in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903685641Author Paul IrvineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Richard DennisPublisher Richard DennisWeight(grams) 944gDimensions(mm) 299mm * 208mm *...

This is the twentieth volume in the Public Sculpture of Britain series, the ambitious collaboration between Liverpool University Press and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association that will eventually document the outdoor sculptural heritage of the...

The power and beauty of traditional African sculpture has influenced 20th century art and design around the world. Found in many museums, its abstract forms, skillful rendering, and deep symbolism has also made it a welcome addition to the homes of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932476002Author Donald DinwiddleFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Serindia Publications, IncPublisher Serindia Publications, IncWeight(grams) 3484g

Explores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global present have used sculpture and color to evoke the presence of the living body Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have...

"Sibony's meticulous engagement with the scavenged object, his reverence for the mundane, has ... seemingly been an influence on a host of emerging artists worldwide." -Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Artforum For over 20 years, Brooklyn-based artist Gedi...

What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern...

A groundbreaking account of ancient Greek funerary sculpture and its emotional effects In this lyrically written and beautifully illustrated study, Seth Estrin probes the emotional effects of one of the largest and most important categories of Greek...

Internationally known carver Pete LeClair turns his attention to the caricature bust. This classic form lends itself to wonderful interpretations, but is also a great way to learn more about caricature carving. Pete shares a great number of techniques...

When observing an especially beautiful mobile, beginning artists often think, "Wow, I want to make one like THAT!" If you have stood under a mobile by Alexander Calder and entertained such thoughts, this book will help you "make one like that." This...

A gorgeous, performative object translating Dyson's liberatory art into book form In her multidisciplinary practice guided by her working philosophy of Black Compositional Thought, New York-based Torkwase Dyson (born 1973) creates curvilinear and...

This is the sixth volume in Lund Humphries' series of monographs on British sculptor Anthony Caro and the first publication to focus on his use of stainless steel as a distinct body of work. Caro employed stainless steel extensively, from intimately...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252704Author Cornelius TittelFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156595331Author Erika RobozFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Szepmuveszeti MuzeumPublisher Szepmuveszeti Muzeum

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900587658Author Lori-ann TouchetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University of London PressPublisher University of London

This book is a critical appraisal of Eric Gill's inscriptional designs, paying particular attention to the early developments of his letter forms. The book includes indices of persons and institutions commemorated as well as the location of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156595485Author Judit GeskoFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Museum of Fine Art, BudapestPublisher Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National...

An updated edition of the indispensable guide to the British artist Phyllida Barlow's sculptural oeuvre across 6 decades. Phyllida Barlow: Sculpture, 1963-2023 is a comprehensive guide to Phyllida Barlow's sculptural language, charting the progression...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252575Author Swizz BeatzFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

Spanning the full career of the sculptor David Smith (1906–65), this study features some fifty sculptures alongside related paintings, reliefs, and works on paper to reclaim the primacy of nature within his expansive oeuvre.Smith’s adventurous approach...

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans provides a window into the cultural changes taking place in the United States from the turn of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. This book is the first examination of the institutional and social history of...

Painting has long dominated discussions of Netherlandish art. Yet in the sixteenth century sculpture was held in considerably higher regard than painting, especially in foreign lands. This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive study of...

This book is a journey into the cosmos of the Brazilian-Swiss artist Pedro Wirz, in which humans and animals, but also legendary creatures coexist. His artistic investigation of the systemic devastation of diversity witnessed across biological, cultural,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733325035Author Ulf AvanderFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Artisan IdeasPublisher Artisan IdeasWeight(grams) 499g

In the past two years Frederik Meijer and his curator Joe Becherer have assembled a significant private collection of large outdoor sculpture, which is available for public viewing at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. This beautiful book...