288 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Lectures given at Cambridge University during 1970-71. Tight, clean copy. *** "With the aid of over 180 photographs, this book studies what unites and separates sculptors across the centuries. It looks at the masters of Archaic Greece, the Middle Ages, through the great names of Michelangelo, Cellini and Bernini to Rodin, Brancusi and Henry Moore. By studying their working methods and techniques, the author discloses their artistic ideas and convictions, thereby opening up new avenues of approach for the spectator." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Antiquity; The Middle Ages: Theoretical foundations; Chartres West; The Middle Ages: Chartres, Rheims, Bamberg, Orvieto; The Renaissance: Alberti, Gauricus, Leonardo; Michelangelo; Michelangelo, Cellini, Vasari; Giovanni, Bologna, Cellini; Bernini; Bernini, Bouchardon, Pigalle; Falconet, Winckelmann, Canova, Schadow; The nineteenth century: Rodin, Hildebrand; The twentieth century. Size: 8vo.

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Title

Sculpture: Processes and Principles

Publisher

Harper & Row Publishers; Icon Editions, New York

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

0064300919

ISBN 13

9780064300919

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1st.

Condition

Fine

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With the aid of over 180 photographs, this book studies what unites and separates sculptors across the centuries. It looks at the masters of Archaic Greece, the Middle Ages, through the great names of Michelangelo, Cellini and Bernini to Rodin, Brancusi and Henry Moore. By studying their working methods and techniques, the author discloses their artistic ideas and convictions, thereby opening up new avenues of approach for the spectator.

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