The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso by Prettejohn, Elizabeth

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848859036)

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The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso by Prettejohn, Elizabeth

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso

$35.95
The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso by Prettejohn, Elizabeth

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso

$35.95
Format: Paperback
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What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern art have been in constant dialogue since Johann Joachim Winckelmann invented the modern discipline of art history. It shows how ancient sculptures could inspire artists such as Rodin, Leighton or Picasso, and how modern artworks could help to interpret sculptors such as Pheidias and Praxiteles. The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture will have strong appeal to students of modern art and the classics alike.

Author: Elizabeth Prettejohn
ISBN-10: 1848859031
ISBN-13: 9781848859036
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
By Elizabeth Prettejohn
By Elizabeth Prettejohn
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Elizabeth Prettejohn formerly Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol, is now Professor of History of Art at the University of York. Her books include The Art of the Pre- Raphaelites (2000), Beauty and Art 1750-2000 (2005) and Art for Art's Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting (2007). She has co-curated major International exhibitions on Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1996-97), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (2003-04) and John William Waterhouse (2008-10).

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