Life and Work of Ante Dabro, Australian-Croatian Sculptor - The Midnight Sea in the Blood

Ante Dabro believes that the ability to see what other people don't see is a real gift. He says, 'It's like a star wheeling round the earth, fertilising the imagination as it goes.' This book explores the different ways he has liberated an essence of humanity by releasing the soul of a human form from its imprisoning substance, whether it be from wood, marble, stone or plaster.

List of contents

Author's Preface; Photographer's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Making a Mark in Stone; 1: Making the Outsider; 2: Making the Artist; 3: Making the Australian; 4: Making the Human Form; 5: Making Bronze; 6: Making Sculptors; 7: Making Commissions; 8: Making Behemoths; 9: Making Way 187; Notes; Works Consulted; Index

About the author

Peter Read is one of Australia's leading historians. His work encompasses Australian history, Aboriginal history, Chilean history, and place studies.

Summary

Ante Dabro believes that the ability to see what other people don't see is a real gift. He says, 'It's like a star wheeling round the earth, fertilising the imagination as it goes.' This book explores the different ways he has liberated an essence of humanity by releasing the soul of a human form from its imprisoning substance, whether it be from wood, marble, stone or plaster.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Read
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781839989926
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-992-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Non-graphic art forms, Biography and non-fiction prose, Australasian and Pacific history, Other graphic or visual art forms, Dabro's sculptures