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Life in Bronze: Lawrence M. Ludtke, Sculptor
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Life in Bronze: Lawrence M. Ludtke, Sculptor Hardcover - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Amy L. Bacon; Foreword by H. Ross Perot; Foreword by James R. Reynolds


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A disciple of Classical sculpture in a time of pervasive abstract modernism, Lawrence M. Ludtke (1929-2007) of Houston imbued his creations with a sense of movement and realism through his attention to detail, anatomy, and proportion.

As a skilled athlete who played professional baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, Ludtke brought to his art a fascination with musculature and motion that empowered him to capture the living essence of his subjects. As author Amy L. Bacon shows in this sensitive biography, Ludtke's gentle humanity and sensitivity shines through his work; his sculpture truly projects character, purpose, and personality.Ludtke, a Fellow in the National Sculpture Society (US) and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of British Sculptors, became well-known for his portrait and figurative art. His works grace the halls and grounds of the United States Air Force Academy, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Rice University, Texas A&M University, CIA headquarters, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Pentagon, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, and the National Battlefield Park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He has also created significant liturgical art, most notably a life-size Piet for St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and a Christ and Child for Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio.Based on personal interviews with the artist as well as his family, friends, colleagues, and patrons such as H. Ross Perot, Life in Bronze: Lawrence M. Ludtke, Sculptor places Ludtke's art within the context of the American figurative art tradition. The author explains how Ludtke was influenced by Italian-born Pompeo Coppini, whose monumental art has especially marked Texas and whose clay Ludtke inherited and used as his own favored modeling medium. Bacon meticulously details how Ludtke's research into the lives and careers of his subjects was married to his attention to technique and talent. His own life story figures crucially in the creation of those character studies his sculptures so beautifully represent.

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  • Title Life in Bronze: Lawrence M. Ludtke, Sculptor
  • Author Amy L. Bacon; Foreword by H. Ross Perot; Foreword by James R. Reynolds
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 126
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Texas A&M University Press
  • Date 2013-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781603449434 / 1603449434
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 6.3 x 0.6 in (22.35 x 16.00 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Bronze sculpture, American - 20th century, Ludtke, Lawrence M.
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012044401
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

AMY L. BACON, also the author of Building Leaders, Living Traditions: The Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University (Texas A&M University Press, 2009), lives in Seabrook, Texas.
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