Louisville Modern: An Era in Art
2019Cove, Madeline; Gilbert, Gail R.; Payne, Warren; Renau, Lynn Scholl
105 pages (color)
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1876 Hobitza, Romania - 1957 Paris, France. Known for: Abstract marble sculpture.
Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to... Read full biography
Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical... Read full biography
Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncusi works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911),... Read full biography
Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncusi works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite (Coloana infinitului), popularly known as The Endless Column (1938). Brancusi is considered a pioneer of modernism. Brancusi grew up in the village of... Read full biography
Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncusi works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite (Coloana infinitului), popularly known as The Endless Column (1938). Brancusi is considered a pioneer of modernism. Brancusi grew up in the village of Hobita Romania, Gorj, near Targu Jiu, close to Romania's Carpathian M... Read full biography
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
2016
(Exhibition catalog)Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors360 pages (color)Encounters: Photography from the Sheldon Museum of Art
2013Ruud, Brandon K. (Editor); Jorge Daniel Veneciano (Introduction)242 pages (color)All That is Solid Melts Into Air: Five Reflections on Materialist Spirituality in Contemporary Art
2009
(Exhibition catalog)De Baere, Bart et al256 pagesEarthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape
2006Beardsley, John239 pagesAccents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)