Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0997690151 ISBN 13: 9780997690156

Publisher: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2018

Synopsis

The Italian artist Medardo Rosso (1858–1928) was instrumental in expanding the definition of sculpture for the modern era.

Focusing on everyday people as his subjects, Rosso portrayed fugitive physical or emotional states, employing innovative casting and modeling techniques in plaster, bronze and wax, his signature material. Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form features nearly 100 works of sculpture, drawing and photography, and explores Rosso’s efforts to capture and manipulate light. It presents extensive installation photography, documenting the works on view within the variable natural and artificial light of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation building. The book also features original scholarly essays by the exhibition co-curators and other contributors, as well as an illustrated checklist―presenting a selection of Rosso’s lesser-known experiments in drawing and photography, in addition to some of his most celebrated sculptures.

About this title

From the Publisher

This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museum (July 19 to October 26, 2003); the St. Louis Art Museum (November 21, 2003 to February 29, 2004); and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (April 3 to June 20, 2004). Published in association with the Harvard University Art Museums

About the Author

Harry Cooper is curator of modern art at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums; Sharon Hecker is an independent art historian who has published widely on Rosso's work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pulitzer Arts Foundation
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0997690151
• ISBN 13: 9780997690156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 151