Sculpture
Thomas Banks 1735-1805 Britain's first modern sculptor
64 pages, paperback, 283 x 210mm, 125 illustrations
PRICE: £19.95
ISBN: 978 0 954904 10 4
By Julius Bryant and Helen Dory
This is the only mongraph on the British sculptor Thomas Banks (1735–1805): it covers his entire oeuvre and is richly illustrated with new photographs of his remarkably accomplished sculpture.
Eighteen sculptures which Soane acquired during his close friendship with Thomas Banks accompany drawings, photographs, 'The Falling Giant' (loaned from the Royal Academy) and 'Thetis dipping Achilles into the river Styx' (loaned from the V&A). This catalogue celebrates the first exhibition of the work of one of Britain's greatest sculptors.
Though this is firmly classical in form, Banks was a mamber of the avant-garde circle in Rome around Henry Fuseli, an early manifestation of the Romantic movement. Indeed his politicas were as radical as William Blake's. His range as a sculptor included 'history' compositions, vigorous portraits, fireplaces, tombas and memorials.
Julius Bryant is Keeper of the Word and Image Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Distributed for Sir John Soane's Museum
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