Sculpture in Stone
Title | Sculpture in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Camà |
Publisher | B.E.S. Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Sculpture |
ISBN | 9780764154249 |
Art teachers, students, and ambitious amateurs all will value this copiously illustrated volume. It presents both a general overview of sculpture and a practical guide to working in stone. All important stone-working equipment and tools are shown, from compass and calipers to chisels, mallets, saws, sanders, and drills. Examples of finished pieces are shown from all over the world, and cover many historical eras, including statues and relief carvings from ancient Egypt and the Orient, marble masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance, and abstract figures from the modern era. Different types of stone are shown and described, including alabaster, most often used in small-scale pieces, as well as sandstone, granite, and marble. Practical instruction includes methods of measuring and copying in stone from a clay model. Step-by-step photo essays show several different contemporary works in progress, starting with a rough stone slab and progressing to completion and installation of a finished sculpture. Examples range in scale from small figurines to public monuments. Hundreds of full-color photos show the artist's studio, the processes of stone working, and magnificent examples of world famous artworks in stone. Other informative features include a six-page glossary of stone-working terms and a brief bibliography. Here is a fine reference volume for artists and craftsmen--but also a book for the personal library of every general reader who has an interest in sculpture and the fine arts.
Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone
Title | Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Burnett Grossman |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780892367085 |
What is a an anthemion? What is giallo antico marble? Who was Praxiteles? This richly illustrated book -- in the popular Looking At series -- presents definitions and descriptions of these and many other terms relating to Greek and Roman sculpture encountered in museum exhibitions and publications on ancient stone sculpture. This is an indispensable guide to anyone looking for greater understanding of ancient sculpture and heightened enjoyment of the objects. Book jacket.
Direct Stone Sculpture
Title | Direct Stone Sculpture PDF eBook |
Author | Milt Liebson |
Publisher | Schiffer Pub Limited |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780764312243 |
Here is your guide through the hands-on experience of sculpting in stone. Hundreds of photos of the progressive process and finished works by famous sculptors will inspire your own work. The types of stone and use of basic hand-sculpting tools are presented along with the use of power tools, methods of lamination, repair, and the business side of stone sculpture. Express your creativity in this ageless medium. This expanded edition includes 47 new pictures, updated stone-working techniques, and a gallery of students' work.
Animals in Stone
Title | Animals in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Arthur King |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2009-12-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
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A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings. Companion to Faces in Stone, this is a gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs. It features more than one hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information.
History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE
Title | History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE PDF eBook |
Author | Sonya Rhie Quintanilla |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 538 |
Release | 2007-03-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9047419308 |
This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.
Theorizing Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Title | Theorizing Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine E. Karkov |
Publisher | WV Medieveal European Studies |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
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Taken from the International Medieval Congress held in leeds in 1998 these six papers, plus introduction, take a more theoretical approach to studying, interpreting and explaining Anglo-Saxon carved stone monuments.
Faces in Stone
Title | Faces in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Arthur King |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Decoration and ornament, Architectural |
ISBN | 9780393732344 |
An architectural impulse book, gift-sized and -priced, for those who love finding unknown corners of New York City. This collection of one hundred architectural details features brief introductions and contextual photographs to show the buildings on which the ornaments appear, the addresses, and transportation information.