Presence
Subtitle: the art of portrait sculpture
By: Alexander Sturgis
Contributors: Holburne Museum of Art
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club; [distributed by] ACC Distribution
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Suffolk; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781851496853
Subjects: Portrait sculpture; Exhibitions
Description: "From the monuments of the ancient world to the modern waxwork museum, sculpture has been used to represent and make present the living and the dead. This stimulating book, published to coincide with an exhibition at the Holburne Museum, explores the peculiar power of the sculpted portrait and where that power comes from. Using examples from the ancient world to the modern day including work of contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons, Ron Mueck and Marc Quinn, it examines the way in which the sculpted portrait has been used and the different forms it has taken. In particular the book explores what is unique about the sculpted portrait as opposed to other forms of portraiture with regards to the use of death and life masks and their implications, the impact of changes in scale and the absence or presence of colour. It also examines the importance of the context in which a sculpture is presented or conceived"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Holburne Museum, Bath, England, May 26-Sept. 2, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-95).