The Life of Henry MooreDutton, 1987 - 465 pagine Henry Moore's rise from Yorkshire miner's son to international acclaim as the twentieth century's greatest sculptor is one of the most remarkable stories in British art. In this revised, updated, expanded and redesigned new edition of The Life of Henry Moore, Roger Berthoud charts Moore's transition from controversial young modernist to pillar of the art-world establishment, garlanded with domestic and foreign honours. His account is enriched by the weekly interviews he did with Moore -- and his wife Irina -- before the sculptor's death in 1986, aged eighty-eight. At home and abroad Moore's sculptures aroused strong passions and were often the object of abuse, sharp criticism and even physical assault, as well as of admiration. He was attacked by younger artists, among others, who saw his growing fame as an obstacle to their advancement. He was to survive the ebb and flow in his reputation, and emerge with the status of a contemporary old master. From a mass of material, including recently discovered early letters, and interviews with Moore's friends, his former assistants and students, dealers, collectors, museum officials and leading architects with whom he worked, Roger Berthoud has built up a lively and engaging though not uncritical picture of Moore's long life and career in this definitive biography. Book jacket. |
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... seemed to those unfamiliar with it . Part of the answer was that Moore was more complex than he seemed . His appetite for work amounted to an addiction , and his restless hands betrayed inner tensions . He was genuinely modest in many ...
... seemed to those unfamiliar with it . Part of the answer was that Moore was more complex than he seemed . His appetite for work amounted to an addiction , and his restless hands betrayed inner tensions . He was genuinely modest in many ...
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... seemed on occasion to inspire a collective love affair with his work . The most famous example was the one staged in Florence through the summer of 1972 , set in Michelangelo's Belvedere Fort overlooking the city and the great dome of ...
... seemed on occasion to inspire a collective love affair with his work . The most famous example was the one staged in Florence through the summer of 1972 , set in Michelangelo's Belvedere Fort overlooking the city and the great dome of ...
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... seemed to appreciate that the Dartington figure's serenity derived in part from the nature of the commission , while the elmwood carving was quintessential Moore : - 14 It was as if , with profane eyes , one had come unawares upon the ...
... seemed to appreciate that the Dartington figure's serenity derived in part from the nature of the commission , while the elmwood carving was quintessential Moore : - 14 It was as if , with profane eyes , one had come unawares upon the ...
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