Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Looking For Orion Looking For Orion Roger Kohn A fascinating glimpse into the world of renowned Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie, by his close friend Roger Kohn, whose stature in the international art scene has grown immensely in recent years. A hi… OL13077203W
MY LIFE; TRANS. BY JULIA CONAWAY BONDANELLA MY LIFE; TRANS. BY JULIA CONAWAY BONDANELLA Benvenuto Cellini "'You should know that men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law.'". "Thus spoke Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist, so great wa… OL13615601W
In her hands In her hands Alan Schroeder "A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savag… OL13745336W
The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini Domenico Bernini "A critical translation of the unabridged Italian text of Domenico Bernini's biography of his father, seventeenth-century sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)… OL15456866W
The uncommon vision of Sergei Konenkov, 1874-1971 The uncommon vision of Sergei Konenkov, 1874-1971 Wendy R. Salmond,John E. Bowlt "Sergei Konenkov was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished Russian artists. A celebrated sculptor during the last decades of the Russian Empire, he rose to great prominence in the early S… OL18262950W
Richard Deacon Richard Deacon Deacon, Richard Throughout his practice, Richard Deacon has employed diverse materials including wood, aluminium, plastic, steel, ceramic, glass, rubber, resin, polycarbonate, leather and cloth: exploiting their pot… OL18839232W
Louise Nevelson Louise Nevelson Laurie Wilson Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed o… OL20038099W
Bull of Sherriff Street Bull of Sherriff Street Adrian Woods Frazier 151 pages : 26 cm OL25698346W
Doris Salcedo Doris Salcedo Charles Merewether,Doris Salcedo,Dan Cameron In her series "Tabula Rasa I-IV", Salcedo tackles the subject of rape, something that many women became the victim of during the Colombian civil conflicts and the continuing tyranny in that country. … OL2772794W
The East-West house The East-West house Christy Hale "A biography of Isamu Noguchi, Japanese American artist, sculptor, and landscape architect, focusing on his boyhood in Japan, his mixed heritage, and his participation in designing and building a hom… OL8120127W