Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Henry Moore at the British Museum; photographs by David Finn.
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7-16 MOORE Henry. Introduction.
(The visits to the British Museum from 1921 onwards, and the escape from the emphasis at art school on Classical art. In my most formative years nine-tenths of my understanding and learning about sculpture came from the British Museum." Moore explains his personal selection of sculpture in the round; the monumentality of Egyptian art and its grandeur. With the paucity of sculptural tradition in Britain in the 1920s friendship with Epstein and the primitive works in the British Museum influenced his own work. The sense of touch; and the Cycladic sculpture with its "pure sense of style of unity of form" led to produce in Moore a strong belief in direct carving. The importance of drawing and the art of photographing sculpture are outlined).
17-20 FINN David. Photographing with Henry Moore.
(Outlines Moore's views on his favourite artists and the anonymous works of the ancients and primitives. Explains how Moore has educated his way of looking and photographing).
21-24 Biographical notes.
The Plates; with commentary by Henry Moore:
26-41 Egyptian sculpture.
42-63 Greek sculpture.
64-75 Aztec sculpture.
76-91 Oceanic sculpture.
92-109 African sculpture.
110-125 American and Caribbean sculpture.
126-128 List of illustrations.
For Abrams (New York) edition see 0001424."
Bib. Number0001771
Henry Moore at the British Museum; photographs by David Finn.
Author/EditorMOORE Henry.
PublisherBritish Museum Publications
Place PublishedLondon
Year1981
Date & Collation128pp(152 illus).Biog 21-24.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationDuring 1980 Moore paid a series of visits to the British Museum to rediscover works which influenced him in the 1920s. Fifty pieces are photographed together with comparative illustrations of Moore's own work and sketches made sixty years before in the British Museum.7-16 MOORE Henry. Introduction.
(The visits to the British Museum from 1921 onwards, and the escape from the emphasis at art school on Classical art. In my most formative years nine-tenths of my understanding and learning about sculpture came from the British Museum." Moore explains his personal selection of sculpture in the round; the monumentality of Egyptian art and its grandeur. With the paucity of sculptural tradition in Britain in the 1920s friendship with Epstein and the primitive works in the British Museum influenced his own work. The sense of touch; and the Cycladic sculpture with its "pure sense of style of unity of form" led to produce in Moore a strong belief in direct carving. The importance of drawing and the art of photographing sculpture are outlined).
17-20 FINN David. Photographing with Henry Moore.
(Outlines Moore's views on his favourite artists and the anonymous works of the ancients and primitives. Explains how Moore has educated his way of looking and photographing).
21-24 Biographical notes.
The Plates; with commentary by Henry Moore:
26-41 Egyptian sculpture.
42-63 Greek sculpture.
64-75 Aztec sculpture.
76-91 Oceanic sculpture.
92-109 African sculpture.
110-125 American and Caribbean sculpture.
126-128 List of illustrations.
For Abrams (New York) edition see 0001424."