🎉   Please check out our new website over at books-etc.com.

Seller
Your price
£40.00
Out of Stock

Alberto Giacometti - Beyond Bronze: Masterworks in Plaster and Other Materials

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland
Published: 3rd Feb 2017
Dimensions: w 227mm h 274mm d 24mm
Weight: 1235g
ISBN-10: 3858817856
ISBN-13: 9783858817853
Barcode No: 9783858817853
Trade or Institutional customer? Contact us about large order quotes.
Synopsis
Fifty years after the passing of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), this major new monograph illuminates the fundamental aspects of his oeuvre and technique in sculpture. It is based on years of extensive research and restoration work on seventy-five plasters that came to the collection of Kunsthaus Zurich as a bequest from Bruno Giacometti, Alberto's youngest brother. For Giacometti, plaster was of great importance as a material, far more than just an intermediate stage between clay model and bronze cast. It allowed him to paint or rework his objects in a vast variety of ways. A significant number of his sculptures indeed exist just in a plaster version. Featuring masterpieces from every stage of his career, this book focuses on Giacometti's artistic approach to the material nature of his chosen media, offering an insight into the creative process of one of the 20th century's greatest artists. With the plasters as a core, the selection comprises also works in other materials, such as marble, wood and bronze.

New & Used

Seller Information Condition Price
-New
Out of Stock

What Reviewers Are Saying

Be the first to review this item. Submit your review now