A History of Sculpture

A History of Sculpture

Much that might properly occur in the preface of this book will be found in its opening chapter. I there set out the ground to be covered, and define the point of view from which I have treated my facts. These few remarks will, accordingly, be addressed to any who may think that a work bearing the title A History of Sculpture requires a word of introduction. My justification for the title and, indeed, for the work as a whole, is that I have not attempted to write a new text-book. In my view, all great art is essentially national art. It can therefore only be understood in the light of national and international history. For this reason, I have given much more attention to the artistic interpretation of historical events and social circumstances than most, historians of the arts have deemed necessary. Throughout I have written from the standpoint of one who believes that the great schools of sculpture were created, not, by individuals of genius, but by the peoples to whom they appealed. A work written on these lines can fairly claim to be A History of Sculpture. This general scheme has entailed several consequences. I am conscious that I have dealt curtly with pre-Hellenic artparticularly with that of the Mycenan age. My reason is that ivory work and goldsmithery, by which Mycenan art can best be illustrated, do not come within the scope of the book. References to such schools as the modern German and the American have been omitted in the belief that they would have added little to the strength of my main argument. For the same reason I have devoted comparatively little space to biographical details concerning individual artistseven of the first classand have referred to only the most characteristic of their works. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 65276
Author: Short, Ernest Henry
Release Date: May 7, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English