1000 Sculptures of Genius
By Joseph Manca, Patrick Bade, Sarah Costello
Length15h 28m
About this audiobook
From the Antiquity to the 20th century, this sculpture collection offers a truly original vision of Western art. Here are the most sensual and harmonious masterworks to the most provocative and minimalist sculptures. Sculpture shapes the world and our concept of beauty, leaving everlasting silhouettes and always creating new intriguing ones. These masterworks are the mirror of an era, of an artist and his public and through this sculpture gallery, one visits not only the history of art, but history as a whole. Between the acclaimed ideals of beauty and the most controversial works, 1000 Sculptures of Genius will give you a true panoramic view of Western sculpture. Along with numerous references, comments on masterworks, and biographies, this work enables the reader to rediscover the Western world heritage and is the perfect guide for art students and statuary lovers.
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GenreOther
Length15 hrs 28 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26Umberto BOCCIONI
2Introduction
27Giovanni BOLOGNA called GIAMBOLOGNA
3The Classical World
28Fernando BOTERO
4The Collapse of Rome and the Rise of Medieval Culture
29Edmé BOUCHARDON
5Renaissance and Baroque Europe: Naturalism and the Revival of Antiquity
30Louise BOURGEOIS
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6The Modern Age: From Neoclassicism to the Twentieth Century
31Constantin BRANCUSI
7Antiquity
32Michelangelo BUONARROTI, called MICHELANGELO
8Middle Ages
33Pol BURY
9Renaissance
34Melchiore CAFFA
10Baroque
35Jean-Jacques CAFFIERI
11Modern (pt. 1)
36Alexander CALDER
12Modern (pt. 2)
37CALLIMACHUS
13Biographies
38Alonzo CANO
14Magdalena ABAKANOWICZ
39Antonio CANOVA
15Alessandro ALGARDI
40Sir Anthony CARO
16Carl ANDRE
41Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX
17Benedetto ANTELAMI
42Benvenutto CELLINI
18Hans ARP
43Camille CLAUDEL
19Egid Quirin ASAM
44Michel COLOMBE
20César BALDACCINI, called CESAR
45Charles Henri Joseph CORDIER
21Nanni di BANCO
46Nicolas and Guillaume COUSTOU
22Ernst BARLACH
47Charles-Antoine COYSEVOX
23Richmond BARTHE
48Honoré DAUMIER
24Frédéric-Auguste BARTHOLDI
49Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DEGAS
25Gian Lorenzo BERNINI
50Andrea DELLA ROBBIA
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