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Henry Moore in the Light of Greece.

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Henry Moore in the Light of Greece.
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Bib. Number0019134

Henry Moore in the Light of Greece.

PublisherAllemandi
Place PublishedTurin
Year
Date & Collation215pp(211 illus).Biog.Bibliog.Texts.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationBook of the exhibition at the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros. English language translation by Cathy Taylor of the Greek edition (See 0018934).
6-7 GOULANDRIS Elise B. Foreword.
(Preface and acknowledgements).
11-15 KOUTSOMALLIS Kyrinkos Introduction: Henry Moore: from the archaic aesthetic to the organic abstract modernism of art.
(Outline of Moore's career).
17-51 CARDINAL Roger. Henry Moore: in the light of Greece.
(Moore's indebtedness to Greek themes and styles, as well as the primitive. Cycladic and archaic, to Classical Greek figures. Influence of the British Museum, and also contemporary sculptors. Outlines Moore's career in general. Describes visit to Greece in 1951 and the sites Moore would have seen. Drapery. Elgin marbles. Henry Moore at the British Museum (See 0001771). Warriors. Partial figures. Landscape. Henry Moore's genuine creative affinity with Greek art).
53-72 BENNET Anita Feldman. Rediscovering Humanism.
(Moore had been manipulating archaic Greek and Hellenic forms in his sculpture for thirty years prior to his only visit to Greece in 1951. The humanistic thread in the Draped Figures, Reclining Figures, War Drawings, Helmets, Family Groups, and other works, including King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze. Moore's eclectic use of non-Western forms and his inspiration from antiquity, coupled with an inventive use oforganic materials).
73-152 Works.
(Photographs of 83 sculptures, drawings, prints, tapestries 1928-1984).
153-169 CARDINAL Roger. Entries.
(Catalogue of the exhibitsd with commentaries).
171-186 PLESSA Elizabeth. 1951: The Chronicle of Moore's Exhibition in Athens.
(Athens was the final venue of Moore's 1949-1951 British Council touring exhibition (See 0008032). Role of Angelos Procopiou, art critic of Kathimerini newspaper and later Professor of General Art History at the Architectural School of the Athens Polytechnic. Quotes from contemporary press coverage, some of it hostile.
189-208 Chronology.
209-213 Bibliography).