Sculpture Vertical, Horizontal, Closed, Open

Expansive and lavishly illustrated, this book examines the fundamental similarities shared by all sculptures, regardless of the culture or time period in which they were created. Focusing on a wide range of British and European examples, of many periods, Penelope Curtis explores crucial sculptural concepts such as the vertical and the horizontal, the open and the closed. In doing so, she elucidates the powerful, and often surprising, properties of objects made in vastly different sociocultural contexts. Becoming Sculpture also expands the notion of sculpture to include the objects of everyday life and investigates the ways in which we approach sculpture as an art form. Stressing the fact that sculpture has been historically linked with rites of passage and moments of change and transformation, this revelatory study argues that the experience of sculpture is a universal and primal phenomenon that cuts across particular historical styles and epochs. 
 

Expansiva si ilustrata generos, aceasta carte examineaza asemanarile fundamentale impartasite de toate sculpturile, indiferent de cultura sau perioada de timp in care au fost create. Concentrandu-se pe o gama larga de exemple britanice si europene, din mai multe perioade, Penelope Curtis exploreaza concepte sculpturale cruciale precum verticalul si orizontalul, deschisul si inchisul.