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Shaping the World
Sculpture from Prehistory to Now
- Thames & Hudson
- by Antony Gormley
In this wide-ranging book, two complementary voices - one belonging to an artist who looks to Asian and Buddhist traditions as much as to Western sculptural history, the other to a critic and historian - consider how sculpture has been central to the evolution of our potential for thinking and feeling. Sculpture cannot be seen in isolation as an aesthetic pursuit; it is related to humankind''s compelling urge to make its mark on the landscape, build, make pictures, practise religion and develop philosophical
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| Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780500022672 |
| Author(s) | Antony Gormley |
| Publication date | March 2021 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 279 x 216 mm |
| Illustrations | 300 col.ill. |
| Pages | 392 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
| extra information | Reprint |
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Sculpture is the universal art. It has been practised by every culture throughout the world and stretches back into the distant past. The first surviving shaped stones may even predate the advent of language. The drive to form stone, clay, wood and metal into shapes evidently runs deep in our psyche and biology. This links the question ‘What is sculpture?’ to the question ‘What is humanity?’
In this wide-ranging book, two complementary voices – one belonging to an artist who looks to Asian and Buddhist traditions as much as to Western sculptural history, the other to a critic and historian – consider how sculpture has been central to the evolution of our potential for thinking and feeling. Sculpture cannot be seen in isolation as an aesthetic pursuit
In this wide-ranging book, two complementary voices – one belonging to an artist who looks to Asian and Buddhist traditions as much as to Western sculptural history, the other to a critic and historian – consider how sculpture has been central to the evolution of our potential for thinking and feeling. Sculpture cannot be seen in isolation as an aesthetic pursuit