Henry Moore: a study of his life and work.

0005856 Monographs (Henry Moore: a study of his life and work. 1965 Thames and Hudson);Moore (Henry): a study of his life and work;Biography;Photographs by Moore;Moore, Raymond Spencer (father);Moore, Mary (mother);Childhood;Gostick, Alice;Fry, Roger: Vision and Design;POUND Ezra: Gaudier-Brzeska: a memoir;Moore, Irina (née Radetzky);Epstein, Jacob;Brancusi, Constantin;Picasso, Pablo;Interior and Exterior theme;Divided Figures; World of Art Library: Artists; Castleford; Tip cat; Sunday School Michelangelo story; Education; World War 1; Leeds School of Art; Royal College of Art; Teaching; Much Hadham; Influences; Carvings; Mexican ancient art; Chacmool; Reclining Figure theme; Mother and Child theme; Cycladic art; Surrealism; Square Forms; Sculpture; Drawings; Kent; Stringed Figures; Lead; War Drawings; Madonna and Child, 1943-1944 Hornton stone; Family Groups; Bronze; King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze; Warriors; Time-Life Screen, 1952-1953 Portland stone; Reliefs; Upright Figures; U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure, 1957-1958 travertine marble; Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964-1965 bronze; Atom Piece (Working Model for Nuclear Energy), 1964-1965 bronze Henry Moore: a study of his life and work. Herbert Read Thames and Hudson London The World of Art Library: Artists.
7 Preface.
(The purpose of this book is to tell the story of Henry Moore's life which...is mainly the story of his art." Practically all the photographs in the book are by Moore).
Part One: Life.
11-22 Origins and Early Environment.
(Raymond Spencer Moore (father) Mary Moore (mother) and Moore's brothers and sisters Castleford Tip cat Sunday School Michelangelo story).
23-29 Early Education.
(Alice Gostick World War 1).
30-43 Education through Art.
(Leeds School of Art Royal College of Art Roger Fry's Vision and Design Ezra Pound's Gaudier-Brzeska Teaching Irina Moore (née Radetzky) settled in Much Hadham).
Part Two: Works.
46-57 First Period 1921-25.
(Influences Jacob Epstein Carvings).
58-81 Second Period 1926-30.
(Mexican ancient art contemporaries Brancusi Chacmool Reclining Figure theme Mother and Child theme).
82-113 Third Period 1931-36.
(Cycladic art influence Picasso Surrealism Square Forms).
114-149 Fourth Period: Sculpture 1936-40 Drawings 1939-45.
(Kent Stringed Figures Lead War Drawings).
150-199 Fifth Period 1943-54.
(Northampton Madonna and Child 1943-1944 Hornton stone; Family Groups use of Bronze Internal and External forms; King and Queen 1952-1953 bronze; Warriors; Time-Life Screen 1952-1953 Portland stone).
200-252 Sixth Period 1955-64.
(Reliefs; Upright Figures; U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure 1957-1958 travertine marble; divided Reclining Figures; Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer 1964-1965 bronze); Atom Piece (Working Model for Nuclear Energy) 1964-1965 bronze.
253-260 Henry Moore's Achievement.
(Moore's sense of curiosity and purpose and his mastery of form. Social relevance and humanism. Originality in utilising archetypes and the concept of tradition).
261-284 Text references Select Bibliography List of illustrations Index.
For other editions see 0005623 (Praeger) 000 5344 (Droemer Knaur)."