Synopses & Reviews
This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Trust by the Fran and Ray Stark Trust in 2005. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which features twenty-eight works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand L�ger, Roy Lichtenstein, Ren� Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Mir�, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.
Review
andldquo;The book has much to offer any reader with an interest in modern sculpture. Recommended.andrdquo;andmdash;Choiceand#160;
Synopsis
This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum after the deaths of Fran and Ray Stark. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the Museumandrsquo;s new sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by artists including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Landeacute;ger, Roy Lichtenstein, Renandeacute; Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Mirandoacute;, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.
Synopsis
This book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings: a history of European and American scultpute within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.
About the Author
Antonia Bostr�m is Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Penelope Curtis is Curator of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England.
John Dixon Hunt is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Christopher Bedford is Research Assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.