Maria Westerberg har skördat både skratt- och gråtretande reaktioner för sitt konstnärliga arbete vars energi, innehåll och mening hon alltid har hämtat ur skogen. Och på något sätt önskar hon återbörda detta till skogen. Som ett svar på trädens och…
Vattenvägen var länge den mest naturliga färdvägen, och skeppen som människor reste med fungerade även som uttryck för ägarens status och makt. På Engelsbergs bruk finns en ovanlig maritim samling bestående av ett fyrtiotal galjonsfigurer, utsmyckni…
Pierre Forssell (1925–2004) förnyade modern svensk bruksdesign, och han gjorde den internationellt uppmärksammad. För Gense formgav han vickningsgaffeln Piruett i rostfritt stål och han gav liv och form åt Skultunas mässing.
In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures-as well as their Eurasian connections-in a dynamic narrative. The text has been significantly updated t…
Provides a thematic and regional survey of Hellenistic sculpture, focusing on its main elements and its innovations
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures.…
Stockholms Millesgården is one of the most exciting artists homes in the world. Building began in 1906 after Carl Milles, one of Swedens most prominent sculptors, and his wife Olga commissioned a home with studios on Herserud Cliff on the island of…
Throughout his career, Eduardo Chillida did not stop questioning everything that was relevant to his commitment to art. Without wishing to create a deliberation parallel to his work, he used writing as a way to keep his thoughts, using notebooks, fr…
The emergence of bronze ware forms a crucial chapter in the history of human civilization. Although not the first country to enter the Bronze Age, China enjoys a unique position in world history because of the great variety of innovative and beautif…
Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) en av den Skandinaviska konsthistoriens största och mest särpräglade konstnärer. Influerad av antiken, medeltiden, renässansens och inte minst Auguste Rodin, gick han likväl sin egen väg och bröt ny mark. Hans konst prägl…
Introducing contemporary Belgian artist Carole Solvay to an English-speaking audience for the first time, this book pairs images of her beautiful feather sculptures with literary quotations that have inspired her work This is the first book to explo…
After an immense process of careful restoration and conservation, the outstanding artistry of the Great East Window is revealed afresh through state-of-the art photography that captures the complete sequence of major panels, in corrected placements,…
Light and decorative yet strong and robust, wire art is the perfect way to add handmade charm to any room. Finally, you'll be able to learn the craft of wire art using inexpensive floral wire to create 21 eye-catching projects, all with easy-to-foll…
This is a step-by-step guide to sculpting the human face. It is richly illustrated with both photographs and diagrams for creating detail. It comes from experienced sculptor and instructor Alex Irvine. Sculpting the human face presents a unique arti…
In works that occupy a unique midground between painting and sculpture, Catalan artist Antoni T pies (1923-2012) fused the material vocabulary of Arte Povera and the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionism with the mystical sensibility of Iberian…
En bilderbok där författaren möter konsthistoriens mästare med smärta och hjärta.Svenrobert Lundquist bloggar om konsthistoriens stora och vardagens lilla - när detta lilla handlar om att hålla sig vid liv och på gott humör. Om detta har det blivit…
Danish artist Michael Kvium, born 1955, works in painting, prints, drawing and watercolour, and sculpture, as well as performance and stage design. His paintings and graphic works often resemble comic strip art or extensions of 17th-century Baroque…
In 726 the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, issued an edict that all religious images in the empire were to be destroyed, a directive that was later endorsed by a synod of the Church in 753 under his son, Constantine V. If the policy of Iconoclasm had su…
Multum in Parvo highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) over a period of more than 30 years. As its title--translating to "much in little"--implies, the volume features over 40 rare sm…
The face of public art is changing. In recent years, a new generation of artists has rejected the monumental scale and mass appeal of conventional public sculpture, instead favoring unconventional forms that disrupt rather than embellish a particula…
A Sculptor's World is the long-awaited reprint of Isamu Noguchi's 1968 autobiography, which Steidl last printed in 2004. It remains Noguchi's most comprehensive statement about the art that brought him international acclaim. Told in words and images…
The publication of Winckelmann's Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums in 1764 is considered as the defining moment in the genesis of the modern, scientific study of sculpture. It was a formalist and secular history, concentrating on the statue as a wo…
"Far from child's play. An astonishing collection." --Publishers Weekly Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO, a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces rang…
Exploring the complex interweaving of race, national identity, and the practice of sculpture, Amy Lyford takes us through a close examination of the early US career of the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). The years between 1930…
Alberto Giacometti forged a singular path within European Modernism, restlessly seeking a new language for sculpture as a double of reality. Presenting some 100 sculptures and paintings, the publication tracks the evolution of Giacometti's work from…
Known for her intricate and dynamic wire sculptures, the American sculptor, educator and arts activist Ruth Asawa challenged conventional notions of material and form through her emphasis on lightness and transparency.Asawa began her now iconic loop…
This comprehensive history and instruction manual contains, in one volume, 13 significant medieval scripts, with a history of the evolution of the alphabets, and fascinating background material on the scribes, their world, and how writing styles cha…
'They're Not Pets, Susan,' says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, 'Dreaming of Packing it all In'; an…
Boken utgavs första gången av Moderna Museet i samband med deras utställning 2005. I den här upplagan har det tillkommit 32 sidor. "De magnifika luftkloten som bildar en del av utsta¨llningens hja¨rta omvandlas till en ma¨ktig rituell sva¨rds- dans,…
Throughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the sculpturing of space. But his…
What has been loosely termed installation Art dominates the exhibition programmes of galleries worldwide. However, while it is much discussed it has rarely been clearly defined. In this book author Claire Bishop provides both a history and a full cr…
The legendary Vikings of Scandinavia were among the most dynamic peoples of Europe. Throughout the Viking age (c. A.D. 800-100 ), the vibrancy and aggressive energy of this culture found expression in the bold, often fantastic designs of its art. Th…
Visual Time offers a rare consideration of the idea of time in art history. Non-Western art histories currently have an unprecedented prominence in the discipline. To what extent are their artistic narratives commensurate with those told about Weste…
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the present In this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau--a renowned authority on the history of color and the author of celebrated volumes on blu…
Denna rikt illustrerade publikation har utgivits i samband med den uppmärksammade konstnären Cecilia Edefalks omfattande separatutställning på Prins Eugens Waldemarsuddes hösten 2016. Utställningen, som är den första retrospektiven med Edefalks egen…
In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking and sometimes provocative new book, leading sculptor Antony Gormley, informed and energised by a lifetime of making, and art critic and historian Martin Gayford, explore sculpture as a transnational art form w…
Ancient Greek sculpture seems to have a timeless quality - provoking reactions that may range from awe to alienation. Yet it was a particular product of its age: and to know how and why it was once created is to embark upon an understanding of its '…
For more than fifty years, James Turrell (*1943, Los Angeles), one of the most prominent artists of our time, has devoted himself to the exploration of the (im)materiality and perception of light. Turrell succeeds like no other artist in making it p…
Across the nine thematic chapters of Experiencing Medieval Art, renowned art historian Herbert L. Kessler considers functional objects as well as paintings and sculptures; the circumstances, processes, and materials of production; the conflictual re…
Published to accompany a travelling exhibition, this volume features sixty-five drawings by Noguchi and ink painting and calligraphic works by Qi, brought together for the first time.In 1930, renowned Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-198…
This is a beginner's guide to modelling heads and faces in clay. Filled with step-by-step sequences, it shows how to achieve lifelike heads of men, women and children as well as how to show emotion on the faces. It also shows how to colour and fire…
Nathan Sawaya is renowned for his incredible, sometimes surreal, sculptures and portraits--all made from LEGO bricks.The Art of the Brick is a stunning, full-color showcase of the work that has made Sawaya the world's most famous LEGO artist. Featur…
Is there art after modernism? Many of today's art students and professionals are finding the answer -- "yes" -- lies in the long-neglected field of figurative sculpture, a demanding form of expression that requires extremely rigorous technical train…
An exquisite variety of African sculptures, masks, reliquaries and statuettes. An impressive collection combining sensitivity with quality. Remarkable art pieces from different African cultures.At the turn of the twentieth century, in particular Gau…
Konst i det fria är en konsthistorisk genomgång av skulpturerna i Örebro Stadspark. Läsaren får både ta del av bakgrunden till varje verk och en inblick i hur man kan förstå och tolka dem. Den första skulpturen köptes in 1953 av Örebro läns Trädgård…
Studies major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions from nineteenth-century figurative works to the conceptual work of the present.
Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the twentieth century. Jean-Paul Sartre and Andre Breton are just two of the great thinkers whose thought has been nurtured by the graceful,…
