Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms - Softcover

Bassett, Jane; Fogelman, Peggy; J. Paul Getty Museum; Victoria And Albert Museum

 
9780892362912: Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms

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This newest addition to the Museum's popular Looking At series provides definitions of the technical terms most often encountered by museum-goers and student of post-antique European sculpture. The book enhances the appreciation of the art form by explaining the methods used in creating sculpture and the terms used by scholars to describe it.

Featured are clear, concise explanations to questions such as: What is a socle? What are the steps in bronze casting? What iscontrapposto? Written for the non-specialist and lavishly illustrated with objects from the Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book is invaluable to anyone who wants to learn more about the art of sculpture.

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Peggy Fogelman is Associate Curator of Sculpture in the J. Paul Getty Museum's Department of Sculpture and Works of Art.

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ISBN 10:  1851772200 ISBN 13:  9781851772209
Verlag: V & A Publications, 1997
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