The Fourth Edition of James Kelly's highly regarded text provides a wide-ranging discussion of the myriad approaches
to contemporary sculpture illustrated with relevant, timely examples. The author highlights the growth and vitality
of sculpture as a vehicle of and for ideas by exploring the diverse, complex, sometimes confusing sculptural involvements
of the past several decades. The presentation covers history, evolution, basic tenets and principles, new technologies,
extension of concepts, and experimentation, accompanied by abundant photographic images. Having evolved from three
earlier, successful editions, the Fourth Edition remains an outstanding starting point for students of sculpture--whether
aspiring artist, devotee, or collector--to become not only cognizant of what has preceded them but also attuned
to the rhythms and pulse of their times and thus able to extend their ideas to create new sculptural realities.
The author's personal, philosophical approach will help readers gain insight and clarification of that which is
the sculptural idea.
Table of Contents
1. The Ambivalence of Sculpture: The Artist, the Critic, the Consumer, and the Consumed
2. Sculpture as History: The Evolution of Forms
3. Universal Form: The Search for Form of Consequence
4. Matter: The Material of Sculpture
5. Form: The Method of Sculpture
6. Content: The Meaning of Sculpture
7. The New Technology and Beyond: Resources, Problems, and Potentials in Relation to the Sculptural Idea
8. The Changing Role of the Sculptor: Stance, Direction, Force
9. Materials and Their Characteristics
10. Techniques and Processes
Appendix A. Resource Information
Appendix B. Abrasives, Glues, Metric Conversions
