The Elements of Sculpture: A Viewer's Guide
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The Elements of Sculpture is the essential viewer's guide to experiencing sculpture. Richly illustrated with colour photographs of artworks both modern and classical and written by a sculptor and teacher with lifelong experience, it arms the reader with the tools and vocabulary with which to view a vast range of sculptures. Insightful and thought-provoking, it is accessible to the widest audience, both as a primer for students and for general readers, it provides a new way of looking at, experiencing and discussing the art of crafting in three dimensions.
Specifications:
Specifications:
- Format: Hardback
- Size: 245 × 210 mm (9 5/8 × 8 1/4 in)
- Pages: 192 pp
- Illustrations: 150 illustrations
- ISBN: 9780714867410
Herbert George is a sculptor and retired teacher. As a sculptor, his
work has received support and recognition from the New York State
Council on the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. In the
1970s he founded TRACKS, A Journal of Artists’ Writings and
taught the history of sculpture at Cooper Union in New York. In 1985, he
moved to the University of Chicago where he taught undergraduate and
graduate sculpture. He retired from teaching in 2006, and was awarded a
Getty Museum Fellowship in 2007.