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A concise history of modern sculpture / Herbert Read.

By: Read, Herbert, 1893-1968.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: World of art: Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson: Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1983, c1964Description: 310 p. : 340 ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0500200149 (pbk.).Other title: Modern sculpture [Cover title] | Modern sculpture : a concise history.Subject(s): Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- HistoryDDC classification: 735.23 Summary: "Drawing on the knowledge of a lifetime of study, and the understanding of one who himself participated in the creative adventure of modern art, the late Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings order into the apparently chaotic proliferation of styles and techniques during this period." -- Back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Straightforward, intelligent approach to a complex subject."-- The Economist

Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings order into the apparently chaotic proliferation of styles and techniques during this period.

Cover title: Modern sculpture.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Praeger, 1964.

Distributor from label on p. [4] of cover.

Bibliography: p. 279-285. - Includes indexes.

"Drawing on the knowledge of a lifetime of study, and the understanding of one who himself participated in the creative adventure of modern art, the late Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings order into the apparently chaotic proliferation of styles and techniques during this period." -- Back cover.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sir Herbert Edward Read , (1893-1968) was an English anarchist poet, and critic of literature and art. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism, and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker Max Stirner.

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