| Description |
157 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Discus Thrower -- The Korai of the Erectheion -- Apollo Belvedere -- Victory of Samothrace -- Pergamon Altar -- Venus de Milo -- Laocoön and his Sons -- Trajan's Column -- Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius -- Equestrian Statuette of Charlemagne -- Gero Crucifixion -- The Golden Madonna -- St. Bernward Doors -- Rainer of Huy: Font -- Nicholas of Verdun: Shrine of the Three Kings -- Portal Figures at Chartres Cathedral -- Naumburg Master: Ekkehard and Uta -- Niccolò Pisano: Pulpit of the Baptistery in Pisa -- Peter Parler: Self-Portrait -- Claus Sluter: :Moses Fountain -- Lorenzo Ghiberti: Gates of Paradise -- Donatello: David -- Veit Stoss; St. Mary Altarpiece -- Tilman Riemenschneider: Holy Blood Altarpiece -- Michaelangelo: David -- Benvenuto Cellini: Salt Cellar -- Giambologna: Rape of the Sabines -- Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Ecstacy of St. Theresa -- Egid Quirin Asam: High Altar in Rohr -- Franz Anton Bustelli: Commedia Dell'Arte Figures -- Jean-Antoine Houdon: Voltaire -- Antonio Canova: Cupid and Psyche -- Johann Gottfried Schadow: The Prussian Princess -- Auguste Rodin: Gates of Hell -- Edgar Degas: Little Dancer, Aged 14 -- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi: Statue of Liberty -- Constantin Brancusi: The Kiss -- Marcel Duchamp: Bottle Rack -- Naum Gabo: Kinetic Construction -- Pablo Picasso: Bull's Head -- Henry Moore: King and Queen -- Alberto Giacometti: Man Striding -- Joseph Beuys: Fat Chair -- Claes Oldenburg: Giant Toothpaste Tube -- Alexander Calder; Mobile (Untitled) -- Niki de Saint Phalle: Tarot Garden -- Donald Judd; Untitled -- Antony Gormley: Angel of the North -- Richard Serra: The Matter of Time -- Louise Bourgeois: Maman. |
| Summary |
Features profiles of the most influential sculptures in history, accompanied by a timeline of notable events that happened in each sculptor's lifetime and reproductions of the masterpieces. |
| Subject |
Sculpture.
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Sculpture -- History.
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| Added Author |
Kühl, Isabel.
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| Added Title |
Fifty sculptures you should know |
| Other Form: |
Online version: 50 sculptures you should know. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2009 (OCoLC)690997293 |
| ISBN |
9783791343389 paperback |
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3791343386 paperback |
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