
Dignity and Sculpture in the Library and in the Curriculum
Paul Rich, President of Westphalia Press
雕塑图书馆
图书馆和课程中的尊严与雕塑
威斯特伐利亚出版社(Westphalia Press)董事长Paul Rich
与政策研究组织的威斯特伐利亚出版社的其他图书馆一样,雕塑图书馆正在被开发为一个供教师、学生以及所有对艺术感兴趣的人进行交流的资源场所。这是在一系列学者的建议下完成的,他们希望鼓励有关雕塑及其空间的社会影响研究。
为努力克服雕塑主题经常出现的竞争性方向,我们在诸多帮助下不断增加馆藏数量,尤其是古董书商的帮助。本馆收藏了部分旧书,但它们的未来以及雕塑的未来将部分取决于对新技术的利用,这类技术在当下和未来几年通过互联网让知识和见解变得可获取。
虽然21世纪的雕塑有时似乎被极其前卫的风格所主导,但我们的雕塑书籍表明,古典或现实主义学派从未让雕塑圈失望。尊严和平衡,秩序(而非混乱)的创造,这些是本馆藏书的特点。
尊严很重要,因为雕塑,尤其是公共雕塑,在创造社会纽带、社区感和分享共同价值观方面发挥着作用。这不是仅限于维多利亚女王宫廷的过时想法,坦率地说,我们今天需要更多这样的想法。针对公共雕塑的攻击一直缺乏尊严,虽然对诸如美国内战中南方邦联事业的雕塑以及俄罗斯约瑟夫·斯大林等政治领导人雕像的刻画有理由激起愤怒,但令人遗憾的是,这些雕塑遭到最恶劣的破坏与暴力。
对于一些艺术家想要表达震惊和困惑的愿望,也一直存在非常激烈的争论。新颖性一直是首要主题。挑战则是在保持文明的情况下对此表达强烈的意见,这绝非易事。像尊严和智慧这样的词在批判艺术和考量雕塑传统时并非不合时宜。在下面的评论中,我们将尝试提出一些认真思考的方向。
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