Here is a publication that for once merits the description "a revelation", in which close-up photography records the powerful and moving imagery of a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture.

"David Finn presents a wealth of views of the male and female nude in sculpture, from ancient times to the twentieth century, and from a number of cultures throughout the world. Among the artists whose works are illustrated are Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, and Henry Moore: also included are masterworks by unknown or little-known artists whose astonishing work will bring both wonder and surprise. The photographs permit us to see something...

Surveys the work and careers of twenty of the best-known American sculptors in the period 1893 to 1939.