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008 030220s2003 ctua bc 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003004393
020 $a0300100337 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 0 $aocm51817651
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dMH-FA
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNB623.R8$bA4 2003
082 00 $a730/.92$221
100 1 $aCooper, Harry,$d1959-
245 10 $aMedardo Rosso :$bsecond impressions /$cHarry Cooper, Sharon Hecker ; with contributions by Henry Lie and Derek Pullen.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press ;$aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Art Museums,$cc2003.
300 $axi, 164 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c26 cm.
500 $a"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Medardo Rosso: second impressions, organized by the Fogg Art Museum of the Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM), Cambridge, Massachusetts; Arthur M. Sackler Museum (HUAM), July 19-October 26, 2003; Saint Louis Art Museum: November 21, 2003-February 29, 2004; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, April 3-June 20, 2004"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEcce Rosso! / Harry Cooper -- Reflections on repetition in Rosso's art / Sharon Hecker -- Technical features in Rosso's work / Henry Lei -- Gelatin molds: Rosso's open secret / Derek Pullen -- Catalogue.
520 1 $a"The Italian artist Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) is a key figure in the development of modern sculpture. His portraits and figure studies have long been considered sculptural equivalents to impressionism's concern with light at the expense of form. This book - the first comprehensive study of Rosso's art - presents an artist more deeply concerned with materials, process, and the reproduction of his works than previously imagined." "Rosso's fascination with technique is explored in detail from art historical, technical, and phenomenological perspectives. Drawing on a wealth of new archival material and close-up study of the sculptures, the authors show that Rosso's waxes - his best-known works - were not modeled by hand but cast with the help of gelatin molds. The authors compare wax, plaster, and bronze casts of the same subjects to show that the manipulation of materials for visual effect was at the heart of his work. The book also reproduces and analyzes Rosso's fascinating photographs of his own sculpture, which offer important clues to the charged relationship he sought to create between viewers and the mysterious busts and figures he made."--Jacket.
600 10 $aRosso, Medardo,$d1858-1928$vExhibitions.
655 7 $aExhibition catalogs.$2fast
700 1 $aHecker, Sharon.
700 1 $aRosso, Medardo,$d1858-1928.
700 1 $aLie, Henry.
700 1 $aPullen, Derek.
710 2 $aFogg Art Museum.
710 2 $aArthur M. Sackler Museum.
710 2 $aSt. Louis Art Museum.
710 2 $aNasher Sculpture Center.
988 $a20030613
906 $0DLC