Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783
• Hatje Cantz • ISBN 9783775712460
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783
• Hatje Cantz • ISBN-13 9783775712460
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ISBN 9783775712460 • Completeness 48
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Smirking, dim-witted, grimacing or disgusted - that is how the character studies cast in lead or cut into alabaster appear to viewers: sculptures that do not adhere to any classical ideal of beauty but confront the viewer with a typology of the ugly.
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Publisher: Hatje Cantz
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Contributor: yetContributor: they neverMovement: Modernism
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Category: 18th-Century Austrian ArtCategory: Baroque SculptureCategory: Franz Xaver MesserschmidtCategory: Physiognomy In ArtCategory: Portrait SculptureCategory: Psychology In ArtCategory: Character HeadsCategory: Psychological Portraiture
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