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Sculpture in Canada : a history
\"An authoritative survey of sculpture's coming of age in Canada. Found in public spaces and parks, art galleries and university buildings, along riverbanks as well as in city squares, private gardens and even underwater, Canadian sculpture encompasses a range of materials and styles from traditional bone and bronze to postmodern multimedia installations. As this book demonstrates, artistic intentions among the nation's sculptors, whether political, social, theoretical or aesthetic, are as diverse as Canada itself. Cultural historian Maria Tippett begins this richly illustrated study of Canadian sculpture in 13,000 BCE by examining a handcrafted shard found in the Bluefish Caves of the Yukon and proceeds to consider Inuit and First Nations sculptural practices alongside those of Euro-Canadians. Dr. Tippett begins with traditional forms such as totem poles and liturgical carvings before moving along to the landmark EXPO 67 exhibition and other significant events, concluding with the postmodern artists who, with \"a relentless striving for the new\" work within new technological realms such as 3D modelling and virtual reality spaces. Dr. Tippett's survey evinces an avid interest in the logistics of sculpture, exploring the ways in which the medium demands more space, time, money and material to produce and exhibit than disciplines like drawing and painting. The result is that in Canadian sculpture, more than in other artistic practices, complex social, economic and cultural forces have interacted with the pure inspiration of artists in their studios. Sculpture in Canada is a groundbreaking work that will have a profound impact in introducing readers to the underappreciated wealth of this most public of Canadian arts.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Sculpture and Social Dynamics in Preclassic Mesoamerica
This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Julia Guernsey situates the origins and evolution of monumental stone sculpture within a broader social and political context and demonstrates the role that such sculpture played in creating and institutionalizing social hierarchies. This book focuses specifically on an enigmatic type of public, monumental sculpture known as the 'potbelly' that traces its antecedents to earlier, small domestic ritual objects and ceramic figurines. The cessation of domestic rituals involving ceramic figurines along the Pacific slope coincided not only with the creation of the first monumental potbelly sculptures, but with the rise of the first state-level societies in Mesoamerica by the advent of the Late Preclassic period. The potbellies became central to the physical representation of new forms of social identity and expressions of political authority during this time of dramatic change.
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Imagining sculpture : a short conjectural history
\"Sculpture is just a word, an English word, which elicits an image in the mind's eye. Sculpture is a European idea. In China statues, stele and other figural objects were made for millennia but not valued or collected as Sculpture. There was no Sculpture in China. Imagining Sculpture is the story of this something that did not exist. Imagining Sculpture is a series of short vignettes, historical and fictional. Travelers, scholars, officials, collectors, and antiquarians encounter statues, figures, and effigies in China, Japan, England, Germany, France, Italy, and the United States from the fourteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century. Imagining Sculpture is visual, cinematic and sumptuous--told with rare photographs, paintings, sketches, letters and ephemera. With little text, the argument is made by the images. Imagining Sculpture offers a new kind of visual narrative and offers a radically different way of seeing and knowing\"--Provided by publisher.
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The Right of Art, the Principle of the Artist, the Imperative of the Scholar. The Example of a Romanesque Sculptor’s Workshop in the Context of the Law of the Frame
The article addresses the topic of the significance of the law of the frame in academic discussion, the classification of artworks, and the pursuit to understand the formal aspects of artistic objects. It has been demonstrated how frequently and to what extent the law of the frame is included in cross-sectional publications on the history of art. The analysis has confirmed considerable importance of the said law in the teaching of the history of Romanesque art. Consequently, the basis of the considerations contained herein is a wide selection of, mostly, academic and popular academic syntheses, in which – inspired by the idea of the law of the frame and function – original observations were made already in the 1930s and in which the law of the frame was discussed to define and describe the form of artworks. The law of the frame has remained significant until today.
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This richly illustrated text is a descriptive introduction to Dominika Macocha’s videosculptural installation, detailing the idea behind the work, the process of its creation, and its suggested interpretations. The file is concluded with a link to the film The Mystery of Forest Lakelet.
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Sculpting
\"Presents information about sculpting occupations, describes the history and creative aspects of sculpting, profiles famous sculptors, and offers guidance on how to generate income and create a successful career.\"--Provided by publisher.
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The art of the Pharaohs
This large-format, magnificently illustrated book shows the portraits and monuments that are the artistic masterpiece of antiquity in a new light . It traces the profiles of 34 Kings and queens to present an in-depth picture of the history and art of ancient Egypt and its pharaohs.
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The Comitán Valley
A thousand years ago, the Comitán Valley, in the Mexican state
of Chiapas, was the western edge of the Maya world. Far from the
famous power centers of the Classic period, the valley has been
neglected even by specialists. Here, Caitlin C. Earley offers the
first comprehensive study of sculpture excavated from the area,
showcasing the sophistication and cultural vigor of a region that
has largely been ignored.
Supported by the rulers of the valley's cities, local artists
created inventive works that served to construct civic identities.
In their depictions of warrior kings, ballgames, rituals, and
ancestors, the artists of Comitán made choices that reflected
political and religious goals and distinguished the artistic
production of the Comitán Valley from that of other Maya locales.
After the Maya abandoned their powerful lowland centers, those in
Comitán were maintained, a distinction from which Earley draws new
insights concerning the Maya collapse. Richly illustrated with
never-before-published photographs of sculptures unearthed from key
archaeological sites, The Comitán Valley is an
illuminating work of art historical recovery and
interpretation.
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