Sculpture and Touch

Herausgeber: Dent, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces a new impetus to the discussion of the relationship between touch and sculpture by setting up a dialogue between art historians and individuals who are working in disciplines beyond art history. The collection brings together a diverse set of approaches, with essays tackling subjects from prehistoric figurines to the work of co

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Produktdetails

• Subject/Object: New Studies in Sculpture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780367669379
• ISBN-10: 0367669374
• Artikelnr.: 60001080

Autorenporträt

Peter Dent is lecturer in History of Art at the University of Bristol, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Peter Dent. Part I Origins: Touch and the cheirotic apprehension of prehistoric figurines
Doug Bailey; Touching sculpture
Hagi Kenaan; Bringing into being: vivifying sculpture through touch
Michael Paraskos; Pictorial essay A: out of sight
Claude Heath. Part II Approaches: To touch: Herder and sculpture
Andrew Benjamin; A taxonomy of touch: tactile encounters in Renaissance Italy
Geraldine A. Johnson; The neglected power of touch: what the cognitive neurosciences can tell us about the importance of touch in artistic communication
Alberto Gallace and Charles Spence; When touch shatters meaning: the case of sculptures made for sight only
Francesca Bacci; Pictorial essay B: playing with fire
Rosalyn Driscoll. Part III Identities: Beyond the touch tour
Julia Cassim; The sculptor is a blind man: Constantin Brancusi's Sculpture for the Blind
Sebastiano Barassi; Embracing stone
holding brushes: differentiating touch in the Unit One photographs
Fiona Candlin; Lorenzo Ghiberti and Michelangelo in search of the feeling hand
James Hall; Pictorial essay C: the touch of the oracle
Michael Petry. Select bibliography; Index.