An introduction to sculpture presents examples of famous sculptures throughout history, discussing what the artists may have been trying to convey through them, some of the materials used to create them, and the inspiration behind them.
Osborne also identified the first human ancestor in the Americas on the basis of a single tooth , a fossil pig's molar . “ All a fake ” , he repeated . “ All of it , from start to finish . Bogus fossils salted into the rocks .
« The great period of western European culture that begins with the Renaissance about 1400 and ends with the Rococo about 1780 can truly be called "The Golden Age" of...
Looking at a work of art, like listening to music, becomes a rewarding experience only if the senses are alert to the qualities of the work and to the artist's purpose that brought them into being. The language of sculpture must be learned.
Philip Rawson, a distinguished academic and author, practiced as a sculptor all of his life. Sculpture, his final book, completes the trilogy begun with his classic works, Drawing and Ceramics....
This publication takes a new look at how works of sculpture were created, the circumstances of their discovery, and the historical and political background.
In this landmark essay, Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources—from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible—to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture.
BUILDING A FEMALE FIGURE In armatures for figures two - thirds life ( 4 FROM THE LIVING MODEL feet ) to any size up ... These tential sculpture figure in the same sense that armatures are useless — a waste of time and a skeleton does to ...
The sheer physical demands of sculpture may seem to make such work appear less immediately available to a sculptor ... and extensions into human contexts , as in still life , plus its intellectual , emotional , and mythic reflections .
This publication takes a new look at how works of sculpture were created, the circumstances of their discovery, and the historical and political background.
Sculpture
With the aid of over 180 photographs, this book studies what unites and separates sculptors across the centuries.
Sculpture: Exhibition Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, Spring 1995