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One of the Henry Moore Institute's Essays on Sculpture series, to accompany the Institute's 2014 exhibition on D'Arcy Thompson's teaching models. Introduction by Lisa LE FEUVRE notes the influence of Thompson's On Growth and Form on Moore's "sculptural thinking" (Moore first read On Growth and Form while a student at Leeds School of Art in 1919). JARRON (p.4) mentions the influence of On Growth and Form on Moore's Transformation Drawings. HAMMER (pp.17-18) quotes Edward JULER on Moore's Transformation Drawings (three illustrated) and the influence of Thompson. Along with three Transformation Drawings, Moore's Studies for Sculptures in Various Materials 1939 is illustrated. LE FEUVRE and KEMP (pp.35-37) also discuss the influence of Thompson's Theory of Transformation on Moore's work.