Henry Moore

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Published by Penguin Books 'His study is . . . detailed, factual and wide-ranging in setting Moore as man and artist in the European context of his time.' Dávid Thompson in the Listener *|t is an eminently concise, intelligent, well-written essay on the artist's thinking and approach to his work which alsó succeeds in analyzing, with deep understanding and completely devoid of waffle, his whole creativity.' Emilio Coia in the Scotsman 'A remarkably lively survey . . . conveying the ailusive richness and contrasting sources of Moore's sculpture . . . John Russell's text is one of the clearest introductioris to the periods (occupying most of the book) of Moore's greatest achievements.' British Book News 'This appraisal by John Russell is an intimate and personal study of the man with a highly considered analysis of his work.' Arts Review This Pelican is published to celebrate the 75th birthday of a great English man, universally acknowledged as one of the great artists of this... Tovább

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Published by Penguin Books 'His study is . . . detailed, factual and wide-ranging in setting Moore as man and artist in the European context of his time.' Dávid Thompson in the Listener *|t is an eminently concise, intelligent, well-written essay on the artist's thinking and approach to his work which alsó succeeds in analyzing, with deep understanding and completely devoid of waffle, his whole creativity.' Emilio Coia in the Scotsman 'A remarkably lively survey . . . conveying the ailusive richness and contrasting sources of Moore's sculpture . . . John Russell's text is one of the clearest introductioris to the periods (occupying most of the book) of Moore's greatest achievements.' British Book News 'This appraisal by John Russell is an intimate and personal study of the man with a highly considered analysis of his work.' Arts Review This Pelican is published to celebrate the 75th birthday of a great English man, universally acknowledged as one of the great artists of this century. John Russell (art critic for the Suriday Times) has based his penetrating study of Henry Moore on an intimate knowledge of his life and work. With the aid of over 200 photographs, most of them taken by Moore himself, he traces the development of Moore's art - from his childhood in Yorkshire, to the establishment of his reputation on an international scale at the 1948 Venice Biennale when he was awarded the Grand Prize for Sculpture, to the triumphant culmination of his life-work at the 1972 Florence exhibition, which attracted over 400,000 people. In this revealing work John Russell offers a unique study of the entire rangé of Moore's sculpture while atthe same time relating itto contemporary artistic developments in other countries. Cover photograph /Snowdon Cover design by Gerald Cinamon Vissza