Sculpture Behind the Scenes

Status: Forthcoming

Page Count: TBA

Edition: First

ISBN: 978-1-59092-501-0

SRP (USD): TBA

Size: 5.5x8.5 trade paperback

Cover: Blue Artisans

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Homepage: Joan Altabe

What Joan Altabe did for painters and painting, she now does for the world of sculpture. Take a guided tour through sculpture's history--and get the scoop on everything you "didn't" learn in art history class.

"Sculpture: Behind the Scenes bridges the gap between scholarly research and flat-out fun to read."

--Art Levy, Assistant Editor, Florida Trend Magazine.

"Altabe's book is a good read as well as an historical document. The authenticity of motivations is derived from her extensive research through letters, recollections of contemporaries, and the musings of art historians from Vasari to Sister Wendy."

--Marcia Corbino, International Association of Art Critics and recipient an Art Critics Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

"Joan Altabe has added a fourth dimension to the three-dimensions of sculpture with an absorbing collection of information and stories about 25 master artists in Sculpture: Behind the Scenes. Not only is her research impressive, but she uses it to bring insight and understanding to her subjects and their artistic and historical context. Altabe goes beyond the biographic to trace how sculptors moved past the "seeable" to what you think and feel." She explains just enough to pique the readers' curiosity to learn more. This book is intelligent and intriguing - a great guide for the novice or the aficionado."

--Nancy Roucher

Former National Consulant for the National Endowment for the Arts.

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