Abraham Lincoln Sculpture Created by Avard T. Fairbanks


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Documentary of bronze monuments, portraits, reliefs, and statuettes and the process of creating the sculpture.




Abraham Lincoln Sculpture


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This book will be of interest to Lincoln scholars, and artists engaged in creating sculpture using waste molds for the lost wax method, marble sculpting, and bas relief sculpture. Many photos and illustrations showing each step of processes. Avard T. Fairbanks created nearly 100 public monuments and many other fine masterpieces of art during his career as a professional sculptor spanning more than 75 years. Among these, a significant number were of Abraham Lincoln for locations throughout the United States. This collection is intended to promote the ideals that Abraham Lincoln personified. Included are many illustrations showing how a monumental sculpture is created.




Creating a Portrait in Sculpture


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This book will be of interest to George Washington scholars, and artists engaged in modeling portrait sculpture using clay or plasteline on armatures for casting. More than 150 photos showing each step of modeling process. Including chapters on human proportions for portrait artists, anatomy, and the process of marble sculpting. Including chapters on human proportions for portrait artists, anatomy, and the process of marble sculpting. Includes more than 40 other portraits of individuals done by Avard Fairbanks during his career.




Human Proportions for Artists


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Human Proportions for Artists is a profusely illustrated reference book. It is intended for colege level students and serious artists. Avard Fairbanks made a proportion study of more than 100 measurements on each of 25 male and female adults. Detailed drawings were made illustrating these dimensions, including front and lateral fine features of the faces. Anatomical and anthropometric features are included and explained. These measurements are tabulated in life size and in different ratios from heroic, 3/2, to 1/12th life size in twelve columns. A presentation of relative proportions, using Leonardo da Vince's system, is included. This book is intended as an assistance for creating fine realistic and representational art, includ-portraits, from monumental to miniature sizes.




Children's Proportions for Artists


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Studies are presented for figurative artists about the yearly growth and development of children of each gender from infancy to young adulthood. Illustrations are included with charts of about 130 representative measurements and proportions.




A Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone


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Avard Tennyson Fairbanks is renowned for his monumental The Tragedy of Winter Quarters, the panels of the Nauvoo Bell tower, and the Angel Moroni on four LDS temples. This large-format book contains other sculptures, such as Moses Descending from Mount Sinai, A Monument to Dominguez and Escalante, and The Holy Sacrament, which will be equally appreciated by art lovers. The artist died in 1987.




Discipline-Based Art Education


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This sampler was designed for art specialists and art museum educators with a basic understanding of teaching discipline-based art education content. The introduction offers a brief history of the Sampler and explains its intended purpose and use. Then 8 unit models with differing methodologies for relating art objectives to the four disciplines: aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production, are presented. The sampler consists of two elementary units, two units for middle school, two units intended for required high school art, one high school studio ceramic unit, and a brief unit for art teachers and art museum educators that focuses on visits to art museums. Learning activities, resource material, and learning strategies are given for the units along with a sequence of lessons organized on a theme.