Constantin Brancusi Shifting the Bases of Art by Anna C. Chave
4to. pp. xiv, [2], 335. colour & b/w illustrations. bibliography. index. hardcover cloth. dw. (near fine - cloth bit sunned, two very short tears along top edge of dw.). New Haven: Yale University Press, [1993].
First Edition.
ISBN-10: 0300055269 / ISBN-13: 9780300055269
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Constantin Brancusi-the most influential sculptor of the twentieth century-is usually viewed as a sculptor of pure, perfect, essential forms and as a lone visionary and exotic peasant-sage, aloof from both the social concerns of his age and from avant-garde affiliations. In this fascinating book, Anna C. Chave uses both feminist and social historical lenses to explode many of the myths about Brancusi, offering a revised view of the sculptor as an artist creatively responding to his artistic and social environment.