Folk art and early modernism in Paris -- The sculpture of Brancusi in the light of his Romanian heritage -- The myth of African art in Brancusi's sculpture -- Object-sculpture, base, and assemblage in the art of Constantin Brancusi -- Brancusi, Duchamp, and Dada -- Brancusi and Bartók: a parallel -- Brancusi and the Ballets Russes -- Modigliani and Brancusi -- The unbuilt architecture of the early modern sculptors -- Body image in the art of Constantin Brancusi -- The legacy of Brancusi for the twenty-first century.