San Antonio College Library

Offers a discourse on the medium by a range of artists, writers, critics, and poets, in a variety of genres: poems, lectures, transcribed interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and artists statements. These diverse text selections offer insight into the development of the critical language of sculpture and its connections to other media in an era of increasingly conceptual artistic practice--From publisher description.

"The art of the twentieth century, according to A.M. Hammacher, will ultimately be judge chiefly on the basis of its sculptural achievements. Writing with the perspective afforded by the second half of our century, Professor Hammacher proposes modern sculpture as a vast body of work that not only merits, but demands, comparison with the masterpieces of earlier periods. The author discusses the enormously varied, rich, and diverse sculptural styles...

"Artists of any ilk can be extremely opinionated when it comes to what they do, how they do it, and what it might mean. Sculptors are no exception. Modern Sculpture: Artists in Their Own Words presents a selection of manifestos, documents, statements, articles, and interviews from more than ninety subjects, including an ample selection of contemporary sculptors. With this book, editor Douglas Dreishpoon defers to sculptors, whose varied points of...

This documentary examines the life and career of Isamu Noguchi, a prolific Japanese-American sculptor, best known for his naturalistic designs of open space. Discusses earlier works, including the famous Noguchi "heads" within the context of his apprenticeship under Constantin Brancusi. Ceramics, furniture, interiors, and gardens designed by Noguchi reflect his Japanese ethnic roots and his fondness for Japanese artistic tradition

An introduction to appreciating and understanding sculpture, with examples from the Hirshhorn Museum.