Causey is Professor and Head of the History of Art Department at Manchester College, and a Trustee of the Henry
Moore Sculpture Trust and Henry Moore Foundation.
Review
"A grand and inclusive series of truly global dimensions....Sumptuous reproductions and dynamic syntheses
of artistic and historical themes."
--Booklist
"Superb....Highly informative....The design is beautifully clear, the text jargon-free and never less than
readable."
--The Guardian
Oxford University Press Website
February, 2000
Summary
Since 1945 the modern revolution in sculpture has gathered pace, and even the term sculpture has ceased to be
the fixed category it once was. In Sculpture Since 1945, Andrew Causey provides a ground-breaking account
of the development of post-War sculpture.
In over 130 beautiful illustrations, Causey examines innovative and avant-garde works in relation to contemporary
events, festivals, commissions, the marketplace, and the changing functions of museums. He also explores the use
of everyday objects and the importance of sculptural context, discussing figurative and non-figurative works, Anti-form,
Minimalism, experimental form, Earth art, landscape sculpture, installation, and performance art. A final chapter
brings the discussion of sculpture right up to the present day by examining sculpture since 1980. The holistic
picture of post-War sculpture which emerges in Sculpture Since 1945 establishes for the first time key events
and themes around which future debate will center.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. European Sculpture at End of the Second World War
2. The New Sculpture
3. Sculpture and the Everyday
4. Modernism and Minimalism
5. `Anti-Form'
6. Natural Materials
7. Public Spaces
8. Object and Figure: Sculpture Since 1980
Notes
List of Illustrations
Bibliographic Essay
Timeline
Index
