Living with Sculpture (Paperback)

Paperback. Recent study of sculpture suggests the singular presence and power the medium holds for its makers, patrons, and audiences. In particular, the role of sculpture as a commemorative and connective tool has become evident in debates about monuments and cultural patrimony. Sculpture inhabits experiential spaces; it manipulates notions of history, forges bonds between distant places, and promotes future actions. The Hood Museum of Arts exhibition Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 14001750 contributes to the fields understanding of sculpture in early modern daily life in Europe. This publication includes 5 thematic essays, 99 extended catalogue entries, and an illustrated checklist of 114 additional objects from the important collection of early modern sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth. "Published to coincide with the exhibition Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400-1750, curated by Elizabeth Rice Mattison and Ashley B. Offill and on view at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, from March 23, 2024, through December 5, 2024"-- Provided by publisher. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…