Sculpture in the Age of Doubt (Aesthetics Today)

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Summary: THE book on contemporary sculpture!
Review: I am an artist and this book speaks directly to me. Not that it wouldn't be useful to others too--I'm sure it would. It is the most informative source on recent sculpture, and has the clearest and smartest way into it all. There is so much to learn that I am now reading it for the second time. I find it especially useful the way it puts the practice of sculpture into a larger context so I can gauge my own place in history. It's not primarily a picture book but still the pictures are ones you will remember--and often ones you wouldn't normally see. Plus, what it all gets down to is, it's both beautifully written and fun--a really good read.

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Summary: Too Easy
Review: This book has many fine insights and analyses of artworks, as has alreday been said in previous online reviews. But the theoretical construction of a "Modernism" as an "age of certainty" totally devoted to the dogmas og Kantian aesthetics is highly problematic. All interesting art since 1850 has posed questions and tread unknown ground. Scepticism and doubt is no new or postModern thing.

This is one of several of McEvilley's theoretical constructions where he goes about important issues way too easily.

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Summary: A superb survey of 20th century sculpture.
Review: Thomas McEvilley's Sculpture In The Age Of Doubt examines 20th century sculpture with an eye to considering the major issues surrounding modern styles and choices. This is the only modern critical work to examine the evolution of Modern sculpture's styles from early works to contemporary representations.