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Book Description: HATJE CANTZ, 2003. Broché Un vol.rel jaq.coul 30x25cm 230pp. 172 ill.(61 coul) Biblio. Catalogue de l'exposition du Barockmuseum, Vienne (Oct.2002-Fév.2003). Rétrospective de l'oeuvre du sculpteur autrichien, célèbre pour ses portraits de caractère. Texte en anglais. Richement illustré. English text. Illustrations in colour. **Exemplaire en très bon état. Jaquette légèrement frottée. Good copy. Dustcover slightly worn**. Bookseller Inventory # 24278

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Book Description: Germany: Cantz, 2003. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. NEW / NO DJ. INT'L SHIPPING w/ extra charge; oversize. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-3496626107

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Book Description: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine hardback in like dust jacket. ; 1.02 x 11.89 x 9.76 Inches; Smirking, dim-witted, grimacing, or disgusted--that is how the character studies that Franz Xaver Messerschmidt cast in lead or cut into alabaster appear to viewers. They are sculptures that do not adhere to any classical ideal of beauty, instead confronting the viewer with a typology of the ugly. The fascinating character busts by the baroque sculptor Messerschmidt may be indebted to his contemporary Johann Kaspar Lavater, yet they never cease to amaze with their untimely artistic aggressiveness--their modernism even--exposing the flip sides of human expression. Messerschmidt, who created conventional portraits of dignitaries such as Empress Maria Theresia and Joseph II while working at the Imperial Academy in Vienna, began his turn toward an exclusive production of character busts around 1770, a predilection that quickly gained him the reputation of a maverick. Having taken early retirement due to a psychological disorder that was never clearly defined, he spent the rest of his life as a recluse living in Pressburg. This extensive monograph about an exceptional artist attempts an interpretation of the deeper meaning in an oeuvre that is as unusual as it is uncompromising. Bookseller Inventory # 29015

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