Like life : sculpture, color, and the body / Luke Syson, Sheena Wagstaff, Emerson Bowyer, and Brinda...
Like life : sculpture, color, and the body / Luke Syson, Sheena Wagstaff, Emerson Bowyer, and Brinda...
Like life : sculpture, color, and the body / Luke Syson, Sheena Wagstaff, Emerson Bowyer, and Brinda Kumar ; with contributions by Bharti Kher [and 5 others].
About this item
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0815
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Embodied Histories / Sheena Wagstaff -- Polychrome and Its Discontents: A History / Luke Syson -- No Dead Matter / Marina Warner -- Double or Nothing / Hillel Schwartz -- Material Histories. Bharti Kher: The Sensuality of Impermanence -- Alison Saar: Material Wisdom -- Fred Wilson: Object Histories...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works from 13th-century Europe to the global present, revealing new insights into the strategies artists depl...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Like life : sculpture, color, and the body / Luke Syson, Sheena Wagstaff, Emerson Bowyer, and Brinda Kumar ; with contributions by Bharti Kher [and 5 others].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with 'Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300-Now),' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 21 through July 22, 2018."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Text in English.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0815
Record Identifier
74VKVkWJN3WX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkWJN3WX
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ISBN
1588396444 hardcover
9781588396440 hardcover
DDC
730.284
MMS ID
991024182815402626
