The materials of sculpture

This book surveys the sculpture of many civilizations, from ancient Egypt, Greece and China to fifteenth-century Italy, nineteenth-century France and twentieth-century North America, to explain how sculpture is made. The author provides a basic introduction to the nature of the materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures.

Year

1993

Language

English

Publisher

Yale University Press

Editions

1

Pages

328

ISBN

9780300065817

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