Henry Moore

University of California Press

2002

320 p.

Documents of 20th century art

Bibliogr.: p. 311

9780520231610

Introduction: 'Perfect Symmetry Is Death' / Alan Wilkinson 10 -- Chapter 1 Life and Influences 31 -- Yorkshire 1898-1921 31 -- Family Life -- Castleford -- Yorkshiremen -- Becoming a Sculptor -- School -- Literature -- Teaching -- Army -- Leeds School of Art -- London and Kent 1921-40 44 -- The British Museum -- Royal College of Art -- Travels -- Travelling Scholarship 1925 -- Teaching at the Royal College of Art 1924-31 -- First One-Man Exhibition 1928 -- Irina -- Kent -- War -- Hertfordshire 1940-86 61 -- Perry Green, Much Hadham -- Studios -- Irina's Garden -- Family Events -- Exhibitions -- Refusal of a Knighthood -- Travels -- Italy: Querceta and Forte dei Marmi -- Florence Exhibition 1972 -- Homage to T.S. Eliot -- The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto -- The Henry Moore Foundation -- Chapter 2 Friends and Colleagues 81 -- Alfred Barr -- John Desmond Bernal -- Kenneth Clark -- Nancy Cunard -- T.S. Eliot -- E.C. Gregory -- Julian and Juliette Huxley -- Henry Morris -- Herbert Read -- William Rothenstein -- Curt Valentin -- Anton Zwemmer -- Chapter 3 Art and Artists 97 -- Ancient, Medieval and Primitive Art 97 -- Pre-Columbian Sculpture -- African Sculpture -- Mesopotamian Art -- Primitive Art -- Tribal Sculpture -- Cycladic Sculpture -- Mesopotamian Art -- Romanesque Sculpture -- General Statements on Art 111 -- The Royal Academy of Arts -- Abstraction -- Abstract Art -- Art and Eroticism -- Art and Science -- Art and the Subconscious -- Classical and Romantic Elements in Art -- Conflict -- The Hidden Struggle -- Modern Sculpture -- Painter -- Sculptors -- Surrealism -- Art and Society 124 -- Art and Life -- Art and Religion -- Art and Politics -- Artists in Wartime -- The Sculptor in Modern Society -- On Critics and Art Criticism 141 -- Artists 142 -- Heinrich Brabender -- Constantin Brancusi -- Paul Cezanne -- Salvador Dali -- Donatello -- Jacob Epstein -- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska -- Alberto Giacometti -- Mathias Grunewald -- Barbara Hepworth -- Masaccio -- Michelangelo -- Joan Miro -- Ben Nicholson -- Pablo Picasso -- John Piper -- Giovanni Pisano -- Rembrandt -- Pierre Auguste Renoir -- Ceri Richards -- Auguste Rodin -- Mark Rothko -- Graham Sutherland -- J.M.W. Turner -- Chapter 4 On Sculpture 187 -- Articles and Interviews 1930-37 187 -- A View of Sculpture -- On Carving -- Unit One -- Circle -- The Sculptor Speaks -- The Nature of Sculpture 198 -- General Statements -- Truth to Material -- Space and Form -- Holes -- Size and Scale -- Tactile Experiences -- Subjects and Sources of Inspiration 212 -- Reclining Figure -- Mother and Child -- Internal -- External Forms -- Titles -- New Ideas -- The Human Figure -- Natural Forms -- Materials 222 -- Stone -- Wood -- Clay -- Plaster -- Polystyrene -- Concrete -- Bronze -- Fibreglass -- Working Methods 230 -- Carving and Modelling -- Bronze and Lead Casting -- Drawing -- Etching and Lithography -- Sculpture and Architecture 242 -- Sculpture in Landscape 245 -- Chapter 5 Works by Henry Moore 251.

Henry Moore's writings constitute a vivid and comprehensive record of his life and work, of the influences that shaped his vision, and of his reactions to the work of other artists, periods and cultures. Spanning some seventy years, Moore's writings and conversations are much more than documentary records of his life and times: they have considerable literary merit in their own right." "This fascinating collection of Moore's written and spoken words is the most comprehensive to be compiled and contains much previously unpublished material. It includes over 150 illustrations: photographs of the sculptures, drawings and prints discussed in the text, illustrations of works by other artists, and photographs of the sculptor and his environment at various stages of his life." "Henry Moore Writings and Conversations completes and complements the catalogues of Moore's sculpture, drawings and prints. It will be indispensable for scholars and engrossing reading for Moore enthusiasts worldwide.

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