{"title":"Leo Steinberg","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeo Steinberg’s works offer insightful explorations into the world of \u003cstrong\u003emodern art\u003c\/strong\u003e and the intricacies of masterful sculpture. His titles, such as \u003cem\u003eMichelangelo's Sculpture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePicasso\u003c\/em\u003e, delve deeply into the cultural and artistic significance of some of the most influential figures in art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful analysis that balances scholarly rigour with accessible prose, making these books essential for anyone interested in \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e. Steinberg’s writing illuminates the creative processes behind iconic artworks and their lasting impact on modern aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"picasso-by-leo-steinberg-9780226816593","title":"Picasso","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe fourth volume in the Essays by Leo Steinberg series, focusing on the artist Pablo Picasso.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeo Steinberg was one of the most original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters to modern art, he combined scholarly erudition with eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His writings, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. Steinberg’s perceptions evolved from long, hard looking at his objects of study. Almost everything he wrote included passages of formal analysis but always put into the service of interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together Steinberg’s essays on Pablo Picasso, many of which have been studied and debated for decades, such as “The Philosophical Brothel,” as well as unpublished lectures, including “The Intelligence of Picasso,” a wide-ranging look at Picasso’s enduring ambition to stretch the agenda of representation, from childhood drawings to his last self-portrait. An introduction by art historian Richard Shiff contextualizes these works and illuminates Steinberg’s lifelong dedication to refining the expository, interpretive, and rhetorical features of his writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicasso\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth volume in a series that presents Steinberg’s writings, selected and edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431960690924,"sku":"9780226816593","price":123.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226816593.jpg?v=1774557055"},{"product_id":"michelangelos-sculpture-by-leo-steinberg-9780226482576","title":"Michelangelo's Sculpture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures that ranged from old masters to contemporary art, he combined scholarly erudition with an eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His works, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor half a century, Steinberg delved into Michelangelo’s work, revealing the symbolic structures underlying the artist’s highly charged idiom. This volume of essays and unpublished lectures explicates many of Michelangelo’s most celebrated sculptures, applying principles gleaned from long, hard looking. Almost everything Steinberg wrote included passages of old-fashioned formal analysis, but here put to the service of interpretation. He understood that Michelangelo’s rendering of figures as well as their gestures and interrelations conveys an emblematic significance masquerading under the guise of naturalism. Michelangelo pushed Renaissance naturalism into the furthest reaches of metaphor, using the language of the body and its actions to express fundamental Christian tenets once expressible only by poets and preachers—or, as Steinberg put it, in Michelangelo’s art, “anatomy becomes theology.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelangelo’s Sculpture\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in a series of volumes of Steinberg’s selected writings and unpublished lectures, edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz. The volume also includes a book review debunking psychoanalytic interpretation of the master’s work, a light-hearted look at Michelangelo and the medical profession and, finally, the shortest piece Steinberg ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471144993004,"sku":"9780226482576","price":133.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226482576-michelangelo-s-sculpture.jpg?v=1775235387"},{"product_id":"modern-art-by-leo-steinberg-9780226824260","title":"Modern Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fifth and final volume in the Essays by Leo Steinberg series, focusing on modern artists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeo Steinberg was one of the most original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters to modern art, he combined scholarly erudition with eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His writings, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. Steinberg’s perceptions evolved from long, hard looking at his objects of study. Almost everything he wrote included passages of formal analysis that were always put into the service of interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the series publication on Pablo Picasso, this volume focuses on other modern artists, including Cézanne, Monet, Matisse, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Hans Haacke, and Jeff Koons. Included are seven unpublished lectures and essays, Steinberg’s landmark essay “Encounters with Rauschenberg,” a survey of twentieth-century sculpture, and an examination of the role of authorial predilections in critical writing. The final chapter presents a collection of Steinberg’s humorous pieces, witty forays penned for his own amusement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth and final volume in a series that presents Steinberg’s writings, selected and edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597074383084,"sku":"9780226824260","price":123.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a59ae25f4da928ae35736fed9bbef02d.jpg?v=1777954917"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/leo-steinberg.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}