Flaxman by David Bindman
The prestigious sculptor John Flaxman is celebrated and described in six essays followed by a catalogue illustrating the various dimensions of Flaxman's work. Flaxman's drawings are considered along with his better known sculptures. What was the basis of his famous 'chaste' linear style - the influence of Fuseli, of ancient vase-painting, his own search for "simplicity" and "purity"? This book with its several different approaches presents the best and only recent study of this sculptor pivotal to the very definition of English and European Neoclassicism.
David Bindman retired as Durning-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art, University College London in 2005 and was Visiting Professor of the History of Art, Harvard University, 2010-16. He has written books on William Blake, William Hogarth, L.F. Roubiliac, Canova and Thorvaldsen, and on the Briitish response to the French Revolution. More recently he has worked on ideas of race and art, and is the author of Ape to Apollo and is editor, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr of the series The Image of the Black in Western Art.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780954228422 |
| ISBN 10 | 0954228421 |
| Title | Flaxman |
| Author | David Bindman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sir John Soane's Museum |
| Year published | 2006-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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