Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure.

Aby Warburg (1866-1929) is best known as the originator of the discipline of iconology and as the founder of the institute that bears his name. This title talks about the purposeful discontinuities and juxtapositions of Aby Warburg's iconography and how it can be used to analyze other imagery.

With 27 wax bodies and 1500 part and organ studies, collected by Peter Leopold von Lothringen from places as diverse as churches, hospitals and universities, this is a veritable cathedral to the human form.

This monograph follows the development of Alfredo Jaar's work (born1956 Santiago, Chile; lives and works in New York), from his early public interventions to his latest installations, via his works on the gold miners in the Amazon and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The publication also features previously unpublished works created in Santiago at a time when the artist was experiencing the ...