Italian memorial sculpture, 1820-1940 : a legacy of love / Sandra Berresford ; introductory essays by James Stevens Curl, Fred S. Licht ; additional articles by Francesca Bregoli, Franco Sborgi ; photographs by Robert W. Fichter, Robert Freidus
by Berresford, Sandra
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780711223844
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About This Item
London : Frances Lincoln, 2004. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256 pp., illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. Contents; Preface / Robert Freidus and Robert W. Fichter -- short history of the cemetery movement in Europe / James Stevens Curl -- Italian funerary sculpture after Canova / Fred S. Licht -- 1. From neoclassicism to purism -- 2. From purism to Romantic realism -- 3. Realism -- 4. Bistolfi and the new symbolist funeral iconography -- 5. Symbolism and liberty style -- 6. 'Bistolfians' and the Bistolfian style -- 7. Art deco -- Iconography. Subjects; Sculpture, Italian 19th century. Monuments Italy. Sepulchral monuments. Cemeteries.
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- Title
- Italian memorial sculpture, 1820-1940 : a legacy of love / Sandra Berresford ; introductory essays by James Stevens Curl, Fred S. Licht ; additional articles by Francesca Bregoli, Franco Sborgi ; photographs by Robert W. Fichter, Robert Freidus
- Author
- Berresford, Sandra
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition in this form
- ISBN 10
- 071122384X
- ISBN 13
- 9780711223844
- Publisher
- London : Frances Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
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