Nineteenth century sculpture / Maurice Rheims ; translated [from the French] by Robert E. Wolf

Rheims, Maurice

1977, 1st edition. London : Thames and Hudson. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386217
ISBN: 0500232652

Physical description; 430 pp., illustrations [some col], ports, 31 cm. Notes; Translation of: 'La sculpture au XIXe siècle'. Paris : Arts et métiers graphiques', 1972. Contents; Neoclassicism -- Romanticism -- David d'Angers -- Realism or Postivist Art -- Carpeaux -- Symbolism -- Pre-Raphaelites; Art Nouveau -- Art in fusion: Rodin and his disciples -- The eve of the twentieth century; Expressionism; the return to the Greeks -- The world of work -- Historical and military subjects -- Sculpture in the streets -- Decorative sculpture -- Portraits -- Caricature -- Animal sculpture -- Sculpture and religion -- Funerary art -- Sensualism -- Kitsch -- The unusual; the bizarre -- Precious materials.Subjects; Sculpture, Modern 19th century Europe. Rodin, Auguste 1840-1917. Pre-Raphaelites. Kitsch Art. Funerary sculpture.

Price: €48.00