Henry Moore

by H. Moore and John Hedgecoe

Book Overview

"...suddenly the most commonplace objects came to have for me such significance that they no longer existed as just objects, but as shape and form in space."--Henry Moore. One of the world's greatest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877013918
• ISBN13: 9780877013914
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Beauty, Vitality, Intelligence, Inspiration

Henry Moore is a wise man and it is nice to know that his words do justice to his talent as a sculptor. Musings is too light a term to use for the warm, down-to-earth essays that Moore provides us as he shares his thoughts and experiences with life, art, and aesthetics. With the words are page after page of photos of Moore, his work, along with images of things that have been his inspirations. This is a book about art appreciation, but grounded in the practicality of a working, master artist who is humble and thoughtful. It is hard to imagine how any sculptor who hopes to create works of lasting greatness could not profit and indeed be inspired by knowing this book. But Moore's basic, fundamental philosophies about art and life make this a book of vital inspiration for just about anyone who likes to think of, and operate in the world, along artistic terms. It is a warm, friendly unimposing book grounded with the weight of deep truth and careful observation.