| Description |
192 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
In praise of stone -- History -- In the shelter of rock -- The spread of Talismans -- Written in stone -- Granite empires -- Your glance turned to stone -- The cold embrace of marble -- Culture and ritual -- The marble polis -- The Pórtico de la Gloria -- The Gothic smile -- Al'antica -- But is it moving? -- New openings -- Sculpture over time -- Stone -- Tu est Peltrus -- Every stone, a world -- The life cycle of stone -- Carving the earth's crust -- Stones -- Marble -- Granite and other very hard stones -- Stones from around the world -- The workshop -- The sculptor's studio -- Material for the studio -- Workshops -- Tools for roughing out and measuring -- Carving tools -- Finishing tools -- Industrial machinery -- The project -- The philosopher's stone? -- Inspiration in gestures -- Free forms -- The outline -- The Maquette -- Monumental projects -- Sculptors, practitioners, and patrons -- Direct carving -- Preliminary activities -- Becoming familiar with the tools -- The complexity of reliefs -- The first steps -- Mastering volumes -- Roughing out -- Modeling -- Customized textures -- Carving as a trade -- Industry as a resource -- The power of the block -- Enlarging by templates -- Enlarging by squares -- Systems of reproduction -- Using a pointing machine -- The three-compass technique -- Touches of color -- Investigating other materials -- Sculpture, architecture, and urban planning -- Step by step -- Direct carving -- Carving by templates -- Enlarging by squares -- Copying by points -- Enlarging by compasses -- Large-scale sculptures, enlarging by templates -- Large-scale sculptures, enlarging by squares. |
| Subject |
Stone carving.
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Sculpture -- Technique.
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| Added Author |
Santamera.
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| Added Title |
Escultura en piedra. English
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| ISBN |
0764154249 |
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9780764154249 |
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