Sculpture: from antiquity to the present

Uittreksel

This four-volume work examines 25000 years of sculpture, from ancient to modern times. Attention is paid to the changes both in the way the sculpted objects are presented, and in the materials and techniques used. Scultures coverd range from "Venus de Milo" to Damien Hurst's "Shark in a Tank"

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I . The great art of antiquity from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD / Philippe Bruneau, Mario Torelli, Xavier Barral i Altet -- 253 pages. II . The great art of the Middle Ages from the fifth century to the fifteenth century / Georges Duby, Xavier Barral i Altet, Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut -- 318 pages. III . The great tradition of sculpture from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century / Bernard Ceysson [and others] -- 311 pages. IV . The adventure of modern sculpture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Antoinette Le Normand-Romain [and others]. - 322 pages.