Customer Review: This book was purchased as a gift for a student majoring in sculpting at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
He has found it to be very useful and informative while pursueing his studies.
Customer Review: I was looking for a survey of contemporary ceramic sculpture and I thought any book claiming to have 500 images of them should be able to cover all the bases pretty well. Not so. After buying the book and reading the fine print I learned that it's a compilation of photos from a juried... more info
Customer Review: This book is not as strong as Vitamin P (for painting). The work included does not seem nearly as diverse or interesting as the art pieces covered in Vitamin P.
Customer Review: This is the best collection of photographs of recent important works in sculpture. The book is heavy, solid and looks excellent. The artists are very well selected. Some familiar names, and some obscure names. Frankly some will disappear and some will become famous. This is the sculpture of... more info
Customer Review: A splendid book for any resident or frequent visitor to Washington, D.C. Those interested in urban planning and outdoor sculpture, no matter what their ties to the capital, also will find it a good addition to their libraries. The short background pieces vary, but most give some degree of... more info
Customer Review: The illustrations in this volume are superb and the text readily helps you follow the trends and fashions in modern sculpture. Basically the book gave me the next step past recognizing Calders and Moores and has inspired many a google search since then. Highly recommended for the non-expert.
Customer Review: The strengths of the this book are it's color photographs and the consistent approach shown of shaping and reducing a block of stone, i.e. point -> tooth chisel -> bush hammer -> flat chisel -> finishing. The most useful section is in the second half of the book that shows the execution and... more info
Customer Review: This is Krauss's first book, and the one I like best. Her history of modern sculpture from Rodin to Robert Smithson is grounded in a sophisticated theoretical perspective, but it's not collapsing under the weight of theory like many later Krauss's texts. Her theoretical framework in this early book... more info
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