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Author
Series
Introduction to Italian sculpture volume 3
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A crenellated turret here, a winding, arched staircase there, maybe even a giant turtle-fairy tale ideas are at the heart of every sandcastle. Summer after summer, children and adults alike make valiant efforts to infuse their sandy structures with such inspiration, but the results are generally disappointing. With Sandcastles Made Simple, Lucinda "sandy feet" Wierenga, a renowned sand sculptor, puts a permanent end to less-than-perfect beach creations....
Publisher
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This stunning book uses 21st-century technology to reveal the original colors of ancient sculpture. When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues-from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and malachite. By illustrating painted reconstructions of well-known sculptures in relation to...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Description
For most people there is no more satisfying expression of Greek art than its sculpture. It was the first, the only ancient art to break free from conceptual conventions for representing men and animals, and to explore consciously how art might imitate or even improve upon it. The first stages of this discovery, from the semi-abstract beginnings in the eighth century BC to the more representational art of the early fifth century, are explored and illustrated...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy's painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometime before it is even finished.
13) The Greek body
Author
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"The marble, bronze, and terra-cotta sculptures presented in this volume--outstanding highlights drawn from over six centuries of artistic production--demonstrate the diversity of Greek figural forms, from the idealized beauty of the Classical era to the individualized portraits of the Hellenistic period. Large, stunning details testify to the artists' skills in portraying cold, hard materials as warm, human flesh."--Jacket.
14) The Calder game
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.
15) Make sculptures!
Author
Series
Publisher
North Light Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Photos and step-by-step instructions for eleven sculpture projects for children aged six to eleven to make using clay, papier-mâché, and household materials.
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