I Disegni di Henry Moore. (The Drawings of Henry Moore).

0010061 Moore (Henry), I Disegni di;Dissertations (Dandria);Drawings;MANDEL Gabriele;ALEXANDER David;Landscape;Natural forms;Human figure;War Drawings;Drapery;Italian selection (I Disegni di Henry Moore); Coal Mine Drawings I Disegni di Henry Moore. (The Drawings of Henry Moore). Maria Giovanna Dandria Istituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne Milan Thesis supervised by Gabriele MANDEL and David ALEXANDER. Includes quotations from Henry Moore in English.
1-43 La metamorfosi: dalla natura all'icona.
(Metamorphosis: from nature to the icon. Moore returned at different times to the same themes and techniques. The process of denaturalisation in Moore's work that creates supra-personal images although based on organic material. Conflict between academic training and feeling for Primitive art. Importance of inner conflict and tensions in his forms. Serenity and dignity, transforming individuals into archetypes. Distortions in Moore's depictions of the human figure. Studies of specific drawings).
44-69 Natura e ambiente: rappresentazione.
(Nature and environment: representation. Working environment. Nature and landscapes. Sense of space. Female figure and landscape. The Great Chain of Being. Figures linked with organic objects).
70-86 Disegno e scultura.
(Drawing and sculpture. Drawings as studies for sculpture. Enormous output and repetition of themes. Moore on his attitude to drawing, his techniques and on the differences of approach for drawing and sculpture. The pleasure of drawing).
87-108 I disegni dal vero.
(Drawings from life. Moore quoted on what he had learned from life drawing at the beginning of his career. Three-dimensionality of the human figure. Monumentality).
109-145 I disegni del periodo di Guerra.
(The Wartime Drawings. Their dependence on the experience acquired over the previous fifteen years. A return to humanism and nature, yet a tendency to study the human figure with great coldness. Importance of working from memory. Official war artist. Shelters as graves/ womb of Mother Earth. Use of drapery. Community sense of the groups depicted. Male figures in the Coal Mine Drawings).
146-151 Bibliografia. (Bibliography).