Tag: Sculptural

Animating the Antique Sculptural Encounter in the Age of Aesthetic Theory


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English | January 28, 2022 | ISBN: 0271088834 | True PDF | 272 pages | 19.96 MB
Framed by tensions between figural sculpture experienced in the round and its translation into two-dimensional representations, Animating the Antique explores enthralling episodes in a history of artistic and aesthetic encounters. Moving across varied locations―among them Rome, Florence, Naples, London, Dresden, and Paris―Sarah Betzer explores a history that has yet to be written: that of the Janus-faced nature of interactions with the antique by which sculptures and beholders alike were caught between the promise of animation and the threat of mortification.

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The Spatial Politics of the Sculptural Art, Capitalism and the Urban Space


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English | October 10, 2016 | ISBN: 1783487593 | 206 pages | PDF | 12 Mb
Space is a formative factor in the production of sculpture. Phenomenological thought interprets sculptural work in relation to the immersive experience of the viewer, situating it within its environment. But what possibilities lie beyond this unitary position? What is the political potential of a sculptural object? How can its spatial relations and movements be reconfigured beyond its immediate environment?

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