Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
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Bib. Number0024004
The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
Author/EditorBLATCHFORD Ian and BLYTH Tilly
PublisherBantam Press
Place PublishedLondon
Year2019
Date & Collation314pp.illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationBook on the relationship between art and science, through twenty case-studies. Chapter 13, "The Form of Knowledge: The Mathematical Model as Muse" discusses the influence of stringed mathematical models on Moore and his contemporaries. Moore would have seen Théodore Olivier's stringed models at the Science Museum when he was a student. Other modern artists inspired by these models include Barbara Hepworth, Naum Gabo, Max Ernst, and Man Ray. Illus. of Moore's drawing Ideas for Stringed Figure Sculptures 1937.