Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts : an Exhibition Co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Martina Droth, Penelope Curtis

Getty Publications, 2009 - Art - 209 pages

While some artworks are more readily labeled as "decorative arts" and others as "sculpture," such objects can exchange and share features. Decorative objects intended for functional or ceremonial use can incorporate sculptural forms or assert a sculptural presence and, conversely, sculpture can perform decoratively, serving an ornamental program or purpose.

Showcased in this book are thirty-eight extraordinary works of decorative art, furniture, and sculpture, executed in the exuberant Baroque and Rococo styles during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that embody such sculptural inventiveness. Drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Temple Newsam House, Leeds, England, these pieces were exhibited from October 2, 2008, through January 4, 2009, at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, and from March 31, 2009, through July 5, 2009, at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Contents

• Foreword Penelope Curtis and Michael Brand: 4
• Transforming the Real with Sculptural Form Martina Droth ΙΟ: 10
• PART I: 20
• The Sculptural Impact of Furniture: 68
• PART 3: 98
• Graphic Fantasy and Realisation: 110
• Lasting Traces: 128
• Installation Views: 141
• Seeing Metamorphosis in Sculpture and the Decorative Arts Mary D Sheriff: 158
• Notes on the Late Baroque Art Industry Katie Scott: 166
• Firedogs and the Tensions of the Hearth Mimi Hellman: 176
• Sculpture in Support of the Decorative Arts Charissa BremerDavid: 186
• Select Bibliography: 197
• Acknowledgements: 206

Bibliographic information

• Title: Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts : an Exhibition Co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
• Editors: Martina Droth, Penelope Curtis
• Contributors: Henry Moore Institute (Leeds, England), J. Paul Getty Museum
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Getty Publications, 2009
• ISBN: 0892369639, 9780892369638
• Length: 209 pages
• Subjects: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General; Art / Design / Decorative; Art / Sculpture & Installation; Design / Decorative Arts