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245 00 $aFrederick Hart, sculptor /$cintroduction by J. Carter Brown ; a commentary by Tom Wolfe ; essays by Homan Potterton [and others] ; designed and produced by Marshall Lee.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHudson Hills Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $a144 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c35 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"Catalogue raisonné": p. [121]-132.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction /$rJ. Carter Brown --$tA Commentary /$rTom Wolfe --$tPortfolio: Washington National Cathedral --$tHoman Potterton: Metamorphosis: Stone Carver to Artist --$tPortfolio: Vietnam Veterans Memorial --$tJames M. Goode: Three Soldiers: A Solution to a National Controversy --$tFrederick Downs, Jr.: A Soldiers' Reflections --$tFrederick Turner: Evolution out of Chaos: The Creation Sculptures --$tDonald Martin Reynolds: Apotheosis of the Human Figure: An Aesthetic of Evolutionary Humanism --$tJames F. Cooper: The Reenchantment of Public Art --$tRobert Chase: Transcending Tradition: The Cast Acrylic Resin Works --$tPlates --$tCatalogue Raisonne --$tFrederick Hart: Chronology --$tFrederick Hart: Profile --$tFrederick Hart: Bibliography --$tFrederick Hart: Index of Works.
520 $aThis volume chronicles the life's work of an artist dedicated to challenging the sacred cows of modernism by calling for a reunion of beauty and morality in art and reuniting art with the concerns of humanity. This renewed vision of art, Frederick Hart believes, can be achieved only by reasserting the preeminence of the human figure as the fundamental element in the language of visual art.
520 8 $aText and picture portfolios focus on Hart's major public sculptures: the monumental Creation works at the main entrance to Washington National Cathedral and the larger-than-life-size bronze Three Soldiers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, both in the nation's capital. The portfolios show the development of these two important national monuments. Hart's cathedral work reflects a contemporary theological perspective which envisions Creation as not just a singular act but a state of constant becoming.
520 8 $aHis Vietnam Veterans Memorial statue fulfills the public's need for the reflection of the human face in our monuments in order to give human perspective and meaning to our history.
520 8 $aAlso included in this book are essays by distinguished poets, scholars, and philosophers who challenge, as Hart does, the fossilized state of contemporary art. Their thinking represents a growing movement across a broad variety of disciplines towards a renaissance in the arts. This book not only questions the presumptions of today's art, it offers a vision for the future.
520 8 $aThe book's 94 color, 62 black-and-white and 26 duo-tone photographs beautifully illustrate Hart's achievements in stone, bronze, and acrylic resin. The Plates section includes magnificent full-color photographs of the artist's major works, both public and private. A complete Catalogue Raisonne has been researched and compiled, recording Hart's works from 1968 to current works in progress.
520 8 $aA chronology and brief profile of the artist's life, accompanied by personal photographs, and an Index of Works conclude the volume.
600 10 $aHart, Frederick,$d1943-1999$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aHart, Frederick,$d1943-1999$vCatalogues raisonnés.
700 1 $aHart, Frederick,$d1943-1999.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95026850
700 1 $aWolfe, Tom.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79062804
700 1 $aPotterton, Homan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50019563
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