Taking shape
Subtitle: finding sculpture in the decorative arts : an exhibition co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
By: curated by Martina Droth ; with essays by Martina Droth ... [et al. ; edited by Martina Droth and Penelope Curtis].
Contributors: Droth, Martina.; Curtis, Penelope.; Henry Moore Institute (Leeds, England); J. Paul Getty Museum.
Publisher: Henry Moore Institute; Getty Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leeds; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781905462216; 9780892369638
Subjects: Decorative arts -- Exhibitions; Sculpture -- Exhibitions; Decoration and ornament, Architectural, in interior decoration -- Exhibitions; Furniture -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: "Published to accompany the exhibition Taking Shape: Finding sculpture in the decorative arts, an exhibition co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum ... 2 October 2008 - 4 January 2009, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; 31 March - 5 July 2009, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205).
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the exhibition / Martina Droth; title: Truth and artifice: transforming the real with sculptural form / Martina Droth; title: Catalogue of exhibits / Charissa Bremer-David, Martina Droth, Ian Fraser, Catherine Hess, James Lomax, Carlo Milano, Katie Scott, Marjorie Trusted, Jeffrey Weaver, Anthony Wells-Cole; title: 1: Putting things together: pairs, sets, arrangement; title: 2: Seeing things apart: the sculptural impact of furniture; title: 3: Three dimensions in two: graphic fantasy and realisation; title: 4: Temporary decorations: lasting traces; title: Installation views; title: Essays: Seeing metamorphosis in sculpture and the decorative arts / Mary D. Sheriff; title: Figure and ornament: notes on the late Baroque art industry / Katie Scott; title: The decorated flame: firedogs and the tensions of the hearth / Mimi Hellman; title: Integral and participatory: sculpture in support of the decorative arts / Charissa Bremer-David.