Methods for Modern Sculptors
Author : Ronald D. Young
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Ronald D. Young
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Mahmoud Farag
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 1527545806
Creating a successful sculpture requires an imaginative concept and a sound design that utilize the potential and avoid the limitations of the material and the process used in making it. Prior to a few decades ago, most sculptors were restricted to carving stone and wood or casting plaster, ceramics and bronze for their creations. Contemporary sculptors, however, are no longer bound by the limitations of these traditional materials and processes, and can now create works in sizes, forms and textures that could not have been achieved previously. Many modern sculptures are now made from materials ranging from steel and aluminum to plastics and composites using processes ranging from welding and adhesive bonding to molding and 3D printing. To fully utilize the full potential of such new materials, the sculptor needs to understand their points of strength, their limitations, and the most effective way of shaping them to achieve a given design. Although this book is written by a materials engineer, the subject matter is presented from the point of view of the sculptor with emphasis on the strengths and weaknesses of different materials, their resistance to weather conditions, natural color and possible surface textures, possible methods of shaping and joining, tools and equipment needed, and safety measures to take. Whenever possible, case studies are used to illustrate the sequence of processes and the cost elements involved in shaping a given material to create an actual work of sculpture.
Author : Ronald D. Young
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Cleo Kuhtz
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 168048365X
Looking at a work of art, like listening to music, becomes a rewarding experience only if the senses are alert to the qualities of the work and to the artist's purpose that brought them into being. The language of sculpture must be learned. In this in-depth study, readers examine the materials, tools, methods, styles, and practices that are involved in sculpting and many of the techniques that have been used by accomplished artists who have contributed to sculpture as a fine art, from the marble gods of Phidias to the mobiles by Alexander Calder.
Author : J. Burnham
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
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Author : Louis Slobodkin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486229607
Offers advice on using tools and constructing armatures as well as shaping human figures, portrait heads, and bas reliefs from clay, plaster, wood, stone, and metal
Author : Reginald Howard Wilenski
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Sculpture
ISBN :
Author : Rosalind E. Krauss
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 1981-02-26
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780262610339
Studies major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions from nineteenth-century figurative works to the conceptual work of the present.
Author : Jack C. Rich
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486257428
"Promises to become a standard reference book." — The Art Digest. Exhaustive, profusely illustrated guide to all of the technical aspects of sculpting in stone, metal, wood, and other materials. The author expertly covers casting, surface treatment, exotic materials such as amber, coal, and even butter! Much more. 281 illustrations.
Author : Ralph Mayer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Artists' materials
ISBN : 9780774028851