The Materials of Sculpture

Description:

This book surveys the sculpture of many civilizations, from ancient Egypt, Greece and China to fifteenth-century Italy, nineteenth-century France and twentieth-century North America, to explain how sculpture is made. The author provides a basic introduction to the nature of the materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures.

subjects: Sculpture materials,  Sculpture,  Classical Civilization,  Cappadocian Fathers,  Natural theology,  Christianity and culture,  History of doctrines,  History,  Histoire des doctrines,  Christendom,  Influence grecque,  Christianisme et civilisation,  Natuurlijke theologie,  Christian civilization,  Théologie naturelle,  Histoire,  Early church,  Cappadocische vaders,  Pères cappadociens,  Littérature chrétienne primitive,  Hellenisme,  Civilisation ancienne,  Civilization, classical