TAKING SHAPE Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts

Hanover: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, still in factory shrinkwrap. Published to accompany the exhibition Taking Shape: Finding sculpture in the decorative arts, an exhibition co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum ... 2 October 2008 - 4 January 2009, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; 31 March - 5 July 2009, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205) Introduction to the exhibition / Martina Droth -- Truth and artifice: transforming the real with sculptural form / Martina Droth -- Catalogue of exhibits / Charissa Bremer-David, Martina Droth, Ian Fraser, Catherine Hess, James Lomax, Carlo Milano, Katie Scott, Marjorie Trusted, Jeffrey Weaver, Anthony Wells-Cole -- 1: Putting things together: pairs, sets, arrangement -- 2: Seeing things apart: the sculptural impact of furniture -- 3: Three dimensions in two: graphic fantasy and realisation -- 4: Temporary decorations: lasting traces -- Installation views -- Essays: Seeing metamorphosis in sculpture and the decorative arts / Mary D. Sheriff -- Figure and ornament: notes on the late Baroque art industry / Katie Scott -- The decorated flame: firedogs and the tensions of the hearth / Mimi Hellman -- Integral and participatory: sculpture in support of the decorative arts / Charissa Bremer-David. ; 12.10 X 10.20 X 0.90 inches; 176 pages.