Victorian Sculpture
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Benedict Read
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The first comprehensive survey of a huge, rewarding and hitherto neglected field. Read presents a wide-ranging account of the sculpture of the nineteenth-century, placing it in the context of the lives and working conditions of the sculptors themselves. In the process he illuminates an astonishingly diverse selection of sculpture, from well-known monuments to works that have long been virtually forgotten.
“Produced on a scale and with a physical splendor that would be appropriate to Donatello or Bernini… an original contribution to the social history of a period that was exceptionally rich in strong and forceful characters and fateful events…. No student of the Victorian period can afford to be without this book.” –John Russell, The New York Times Book Review
“Read’s book will endure as a landmark in current scholarly investigation of the subject.” –Todd M. Volpe, The Magazine Antiques
“Produced on a scale and with a physical splendor that would be appropriate to Donatello or Bernini… an original contribution to the social history of a period that was exceptionally rich in strong and forceful characters and fateful events…. No student of the Victorian period can afford to be without this book.” –John Russell, The New York Times Book Review
“Read’s book will endure as a landmark in current scholarly investigation of the subject.” –Todd M. Volpe, The Magazine Antiques
"Read's book will endure as a landmark in current scholarly investigation of the subject."—Todd M. Volpe, The Magazine Antiques
"Having read this book, no tourist will ever again visit London or any other British city without paying special attention to Victorian statues, busts, and monuments. No greater tribute can be paid to Read's beautiful and pioneering volume."—John Clive, Washington Post Book World
"Provides amusement and pleasure as well as a wealth of useful information. ... This is a richly rewarding book." -Charlotte Gere, Apollo
"Read's book is the first monograph devoted solely to the period 1830-1914 in Great Britain. He wrote the book as an introduction to the subject for students, so the tone of the text is analytical rather than critical. He examines the working techniques of the sculptors, patronage, contemporary criticism, and exhibitions, while at the same time reminding the reader that a great body of the work is now extinct. Benedict covers a surprising number of sculptors, and the works are generously illustrated. Recommended for most academic and larger public libraries."—Library Journal
"Produced on a scale and with a physical splendor that would be appropriate to Donatello or Bernini. . . . A careful and reasoned account. . . . By the time we are through with this book, we know a great deal about the Victorian sculptor. We know about his range of medium, his range of subject, and his range of patron. We know his position in society. . . . It can be welcomed unreservedly. It is in fact an original contribution to the social history of a period that was exceptionally rich in strong and forceful characters and fateful events. . . . No student of the Victorian period can afford to be without this book."—John Russell, New York Times Book Review
"Wide learning is lightly worn by Mr. Read and his enthusiasm shines through everything he writes. Many splendid photographs complement the text, illustrating familiar and unfamiliar works whole or in detail; the latter are especially useful to the human-sized viewer trying to grasp the many parts comprising a colossal but diversely formulated monument."—Antique Collector
"Victorian Sculpture does far more than merely fill a gap; it persuades the reader that the gap was worth filling—that British sculpture from the 1830's until the early years of the twentieth century offers a rich and fascinating body of material. It may safely be said that most of the works reproduced in this book, and most of the artists' names, are unfamiliar even to specialists in nineteenth-century sculpture. A particular merit of Benedict Read is his attention to the relationship between the British sculptors and sculptors from the Continent working in England, such as Marochetti, Triqueti, and Dalou, to mention the best-known names. There is nothing insular about his point of view. Victorian Sculpture will for many years remain an indispensable tool of scholarship for students of nineteenth-century sculpture."—H.W. Janson, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, New York University
"Inquisitive and scholarly, tireless in locating out-of-the-way and long-forgotten monuments, richly informative about the practice of sculpture, Read's book will establish itself at once as an indispensable reference work. ... A major contribution to our knowledge of Victorian art, it brings the sculpture of a whole age out into the light of day and will, I hope, do much to promote the cause, so long and damagingly neglected in this country, of its better care and conservation." - Susan Beattie, The Burlington Magazine
ISBN: 9780300031775
Publication Date: September 10, 1984
Publication Date: September 10, 1984
502 pages, x
