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5) From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria 1450-1600: 150 years of sculpture in the Republic of Venice
Publisher
Marsilio Arte
Pub. Date
April 2022.
Language
English
Description
This volume intends to analyze some particularly significant moments of a very broad story, such as that of the sculptural production in the Venetian Republic from the early Renaissance to the late Manner (mid-15th-early 17th century), highlighting the complexity and richness of stylistic and iconographic contributions in those years of strong renewal for the local figurative culture. Donatello's language arrived early in the lagoon, already around...
8) Sculpture
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sculpture--three-dimensional art--is the oldest-known art form, dating back more than 40,000 years. From the earliest statues of gods and goddesses found today in museums, every world culture has created sculpture for many different audiences and purposes. Unlike two-dimensional paintings, sculpture is meant to be seen in the round, which means you can walk around it and look at it from every side and angle. From the famous ancestor statues of Easter...
11) The Great Sail
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Making marks, or causing them to be made as in the case of filmmakers, is what artists do. They see, imagine, hallucinate some shape, color or tone and then pick up their tools to render it in steel, light, copper or almost anything else. Here are three examples of what can happen.
15) Butter
Publisher
Carving Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When long-reigning champion butter sculptor Bob is forced to step down, his zealous wife Laura enters the competition herself, to fight for their status as butter royalty. A win seems guaranteed until a formidable contender emerges: a 10-year-old Destiny, an African-American foster child of local couple Julie and Ethan. Suddenly, it's anybody's game and Laura will do anything to win, even if it means resorting to sabotage and seducing her foolish...
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This guide shows you step by step how to sculpt realistic figures, from face to feet, through 10 projects. Professional sculptor and instructor Élisabeth Bonvalot provides the guidance and tips needed to--with time and practice!--reach realism with your sculpted figures. Begin with the fundamentals, such as the types and properties of clays, the materials and tools, four base techniques, and topics such as roughing out, adding clay, detailing, engobe,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960s Anthony Caro led a revolution in sculpture in Britain. His abstract steel constructions, often painted in bold colours, forged a new and internationally influential sculptural language. In the years since his fertile and diverse practice has consistently challenged and extended what sculpture is, and what it might be. At the age of 80, Anthony Caro remains intensely active, working each day in his studio and overseeing every detail...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Easter Island, isolated deep in the South Pacific and now a World Heritage Site, was home to a fascinating prehistoric culture-one that produced massive stone effigies (the moai) and the birdman cult-and yet much of the island's past remains shrouded in mystery. Where did the islanders come from, and when? How did Rapa Nui culture evolve over the centuries? How, and why, did their natural environment change over time? Paul Bahn and John Flenley guide...
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