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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783

Door Michael Krapf

Categorie
Beeldhouwkunst
Boeknummer
#401701-LB2
Titel
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783
Auteur
Krapf, Michael
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
 Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
3775712461
ISBN13
9783775712460
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blind stamped blue cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting
Smirking, dim-witted, grimacing, or disgusted--that is how the character studies that Franz Xaver Messerschmidt cast in lead or cut into alabaster appear to viewers. They are sculptures that do not adhere to any classical ideal of beauty, instead confronting the viewer with a typology of the ugly. The fascinating character busts by the baroque sculptor Messerschmidt may be indebted to his contemporary Johann Kaspar Lavater, yet they never cease to amaze with their untimely artistic aggressiveness--their modernism even--exposing the flip sides of human expression. Messerschmidt, who created conventional portraits of dignitaries such as Empress Maria Theresia and Joseph II while working at the Imperial Academy in Vienna, began his turn toward an exclusive production of character busts around... (Lees verder) 1770, a predilection that quickly gained him the reputation of a maverick. Having taken early retirement due to a psychological disorder that was never clearly defined, he spent the rest of his life as a recluse living in Pressburg. This extensive monograph about an exceptional artist attempts an interpretation of the deeper meaning in an oeuvre that is as unusual as it is uncompromising.
Pagina's
229
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 65,00

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