To reference the influence of the British Museum’s ‘primitive’ sculptures on the modern sculptors Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, and Henri-Gaudier-Brzeska. Should include
how the sculptures at the British Museum influenced the modern sculptors use of material, technique, and form and content, with reference to specific examples, such as
the Easter Island statue (Epstein, Adam), Parthenon Marbles (H Moore), Egyptian sculpture (Moore and Brzeska), Assyrian Bulls of Khorsabad(Epstein, Tomb of Oscar
Wilde)
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Referencing Requirements:
Moore, H. Henry Moore at the British Museum, 1982
Curtis, P. & Wilson, K. (eds) Modern British Sculpture, 2011
Causey, A. Sculpture Since 1945, 1998
Read, H. Modern Sculpture: A Concise History, 2001
