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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, 1736-1783: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism Hardcover – October 16, 2010

by Maria Pötzl-Malikova (Editor), Guilhem Scherf (Editor)
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This publication focuses on Messerschmidt's famous character heads, which rendered, with great precision, his distorted face and whose expressive intensity places them amongst the masterpieces of 18th century sculpture.
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  1. Print length
    222 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Officina Libraria (Acc)
  4. Publication date
    October 16, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    9.72 x 0.98 x 11.63 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8889854545
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8889854549
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Officina Libraria (Acc); First Edition (October 16, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 222 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8889854545
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8889854549
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.66 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.72 x 0.98 x 11.63 inches
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Reich Claude
5.0 out of 5 stars Freud in bronze (and sometimes lead or alabaster...)
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2010
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By now, after the wonderful Neue Galerie show that this catalogue illustrates (a show that will later travel to the Louvre which, some years ago acquired one of his rare character heads), every self-respecting artlover must have heard of the great Austrian sculptor Franz-Xaver Messerschmidt.

This book shows, with wonderful illustrations (the heads are shown from every possible different angles) and an insightful text, the breadth of the artist, an expressionist master well before the Expressionists, who was able to show in sculpture, through his so-called "character heads", made of lead, bronze or marble, all the emotions that make us human beings so frail, listless, illogical, unpredictable, in a nutshell, human, so human...

One of the best artbooks published this year.
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Fargo
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013
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I love this book. It had large photo's of most of his heads, though I wish it had all of them. I just recieved this book so I'm 1/3 into it but the writing is captivating......so glad I purchased this book.
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phil-g
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book rich in illustrations.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2011
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As a connoisseur of quality art books, I rate this 5 star for all round quality, replete with excellent high quality photographic images on most of its 200+ pages, many full page size. This book is probably the best example of this artists work, concentrating mainly on his character heads.

I am well pleased. This is a very good quality, highly cherished addition, to my art book collection.

If you find this artists work interesting, (there are some good sites online for research), then you will like this book.
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Excellent.
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