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Medardo Rosso : experiments in light and form / curated by Sharon Hecker and Tamara H. Schenkenberg.

Title
Medardo Rosso : experiments in light and form / curated by Sharon Hecker and Tamara H. Schenkenberg.
Author
Rosso, Medardo, 1858-1928
Publication
St. Louis, MO : Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Hecker, Sharon
  • Schenkenberg, Tamara H.
  • Pulitzer Arts Foundation, sponsoring body, host institution.
Description
57 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
The Italian artist Medardo Rosso (1858?1928) was instrumental in expanding the definition of sculpture for the modern era. Not only did he focus on everyday, contemporary subjects, but he also experimented with light in order to render sculpture ephemeral and seemingly insubstantial. His heads and figures?frequently portrayed as tired, meditative, laughing, or melancholy?appear to be caught in fugitive visual, physical, or emotional states. As fleeting ?impressions? of modern life, they stand in marked contrast to the monumental, idealized depictions typical of traditional sculpture before and during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form is the first comprehensive US museum exhibition of the artist?s work in over fifty years, featuring nearly 100 works that include sculptures, drawings, and photographs.00Exhibition: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, USA (11.11.2016-13.05.2017).
Alternative Title
Experiments in light and form
Subject
  • Rosso, Medardo, 1858-1928 > Exhibitions
  • Rosso, Medardo, 1858-1928
  • 1800-1999
  • Sculpture, Italian > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, Italian > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art, Italian > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Art, Italian > 20th century > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form, organized by Sharon Hecker and Tamara H. Schenkenberg for Pulitzer Arts Foundation, November 11, 2016 - May 13, 2017.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Life, work, and era -- Techincal experiments and serial sculpture -- Graphic work and its representation -- Surface, light, and shadow -- List of plates -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Other works on view.
ISBN
  • 9780997690132
  • 0997690135
LCCN
^^2016955278
OCLC
967236136
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library