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Sculpture: Processes and Principles

Rudolf Wittkower

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: July 02, 1991

ISBN: 0140137017

ISBN 13: 9780140137019

Sculpture: Processes and Principles

Rudolf Wittkower

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: July 02, 1991

ISBN: 0140137017

ISBN 13: 9780140137019

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