Modern Sculpture Reader

by Jon; Et Al Wood

This work includes a preface by Jon Wood and and introduction by Alex Potts. Modern Sculpture Reader is the first book to provide an anthology of twentieth-century writings on sculpture. It contains over 60 texts that not only make important and intriguing contributions to our understanding of what sculpture may have been in the past, but which are also imaginative, lively and well-written.Such a primary source collection allows valuable insight into the development of the critical language of sculpture across the twentieth century. It also contains a wide variety of modes and genres of writing that appear in this book (from manifestoes and newspaper articles, to transcribed lectures and artist interviews).

Genres: Art

511 pages, Paperback

First published August 21, 2012

Reviews

[Alen Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It would be of much help if the edition also included illustrations of referenced works. The book is quite full and massive in size and weight already, but that feature would have definitely helped a lot. Great collection otherwise!