Frederick Hart: Sculptor
by Hart, Frederick; Brown, J. Carter (Introduction by), and Wolfe, Tom (Commentary by)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555951201
- ISBN 13
- 9781555951207
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New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994. Cloth, 143 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Essays by Homan Potterton, et al. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This volume chronicles the life's work of an artist dedicated to challenging the sacred cows of modernism by calling for a reunion of beauty and morality in art and reuniting art with the concerns of humanity. This renewed vision of art, Frederick Hart believes, can be achieved only by reasserting the preeminence of the human figure as the fundamental element in the language of visual art." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction, by J. Carter Brown; A commentary, by Tom Wolfe; Portfolio: Washington National Cathedral; Metamorphosis: stone carver to artist, by Homan Potterton; Portfolio: Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Three soldiers: a solution to a national controversy, by James M. Goode; A soldier's reflections, by Frederick Downs, Jr.; Evolution out of chaos: the Creation sculptures, by Frederick Turner; Apotheosis of the human figure: an aesthetic of evolutionary humanism, by Donald Martin Reynolds; The reenchantment of public art, by James F. Cooper; Transcending tradition: the cast acrylic resin works, by Robert Chase; Plates; Catalogue raisonne , compiled by Pamela Hoyle; Frederick Hart chronology; Profile.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- Frederick Hart: Sculptor
- Author
- Hart, Frederick; Brown, J. Carter (Introduction by), and Wolfe, Tom (Commentary by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1555951201
- ISBN 13
- 9781555951207
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Media / Sculpture; American / 6. Late Modern, 1945-1999; Genre & Subject / Figure & Nudes;
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