This is a book of combat, in which little quarter will be given to certain tendencies in the art world and the pessimistic cynicism and childish hypocrisy by which they are pushed forward. Ruckstull makes his point with 175 illustrations from the art world. Contents: what is art? what is beauty; style and manner in art; abstraction vs. representation; conception in art; composition in art; expressions in art; drawing in art; color in art; technique; analysis of works of art; deformation of form; gospel of ugliness; independence in art; examples of noble works of art by Americans; conclusion.
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Ruckstull was a well-known and respected sculptor in the early twentieth century, but his star was eclipsed by a modern-art movement he detested, especially Rodin. Ruckstull deserves recognition both for his own sculptures and for his writings.
This book is a remarkable achievement, a collection of Ruckstull's essays on the elements to analyze when evaluating a work of plastic art. It constitutes one of the most thorough systems of art evaluation ever assembled. He treats conception, composition, technique, manner, style, and a host of other aspects in considerable detail. The skeptic washed in the waters of modernism would say this is a dated relic, perceiving that insights the reader gains will threaten modernism's hegemony. I see universal validity here.
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This book can guide you back on the right path of ART. Mr. Ruckstull is a great artist with great character
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THE search for the Ultimate has been, and will ever be, the most serious occupation of mankind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic sadism, modernistic artists, tertiary expression, sadistic art, modernistic movement, insane artist, pyramidal lines, mere painting, sculpture society, departure from nature, cosmic urge, thou hast need, highest emotions, art party, esthetic emotion, emotional exaltation, universal style, eight arts, prolonged feeling, personal accent, fundamental composition, enduring art, official salon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Michael Angelo, New York, Metropolitan Museum, Del Sarto, Victor Hugo, Sistine Madonna, Van Eyck, Herbert Spencer, Last Supper, Paradise of Beauty, United States, Venus de Milo, Fifth Avenue, Broken Nose, Claude Lorrain, Clive Bell, Minister Spiritual, Camille Mauclair, Gil Blas, Minister Intellectual, Mona Lisa, Roger Fry, Coronation of the Virgin, Havelock Ellis, Luxembourg Museum New!
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THE search for the Ultimate has been, and will ever be, the most serious occupation of mankind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic sadism, modernistic artists, tertiary expression, sadistic art, modernistic movement, insane artist, pyramidal lines, mere painting, sculpture society, departure from nature, cosmic urge, thou hast need, highest emotions, art party, esthetic emotion, emotional exaltation, universal style, eight arts, prolonged feeling, personal accent, fundamental composition, enduring art, official salon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Michael Angelo, New York, Metropolitan Museum, Del Sarto, Victor Hugo, Sistine Madonna, Van Eyck, Herbert Spencer, Last Supper, Paradise of Beauty, United States, Venus de Milo, Fifth Avenue, Broken Nose, Claude Lorrain, Clive Bell, Minister Spiritual, Camille Mauclair, Gil Blas, Minister Intellectual, Mona Lisa, Roger Fry, Coronation of the Virgin, Havelock Ellis, Luxembourg Museum New!
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- What Is Art? (Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy on page 37, page 40, and page 294
- The Dance of Life by Havelock Ellis on page 11, page 40 (1), and page 40 (2)
- Vision and Design (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) by Roger Fry on page 27, and page 351
- First Principles by Herbert Spencer on page 205, and Back Matter
- Fashions in Literature by Charles Dudley Warner on page 131, and page 220
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- Public Sculptor: Lorado Taft and the Beautification of Chicago by Timothy J. Garvey in Back Matter
- Creating the South Carolina State House by John Morrill Bryan in Back Matter
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