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| Author | : Mike Burton |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2004-03 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781402713842 |
A how-to guide to architectural projects that are within reach of any budget and level of experience, with practical tips on how to arrange the work area for this special kind of woodworking, practice the best hand and power carving techniques, work from patterns, photos, and models, and take little-known shortcuts to save time and make money.
| Author | : Frederick Wilbur |
| Publisher | : GMC Publications |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
"A primer for woodcarvers in the vocabulary of classical ornamentation, and the practical skills needed to carve it."--"Woodshop News." "Blueprints are provided for moldings, volutes, rosettes, and capitals. The geometry of these designs is celebrated as the author brings these ancient motifs into making present-day objects such as picture frames, mantelpieces, and gateposts."--"Chip Chats."
| Author | : Pamela A. Webb |
| Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780299149802 |
She finds that figural sculptures adorn structures at every level from the ground to the roof, and display a wide variety of motifs on such architectural elements as columns, walls, entablatures, pediments, and cornices. 142 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments - temples, altars, cult buildings, heroa, theaters, bouleuteria, stoas, gymnasia, and houses - and their sculptured adornment complement the author's descriptions and analyses.
| Author | : Robert Arthur King |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2009-12-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings. Companion to Faces in Stone, this is a gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs. It features more than one hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information.
| Author | : Meyer Schapiro |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2006-11-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0226750639 |
Meyer Schapiro (1904-96), renowned for his critical essays on 19th and 20th century painting, also played a decisive role as a young scholar in defining the style of art and architecture known as Romanesque. This is a transcribed and edited version of his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures.
| Author | : Ian Jenkins |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780674023888 |
From Athens and Arcadia on one side of the Aegean Sea and from Ionia, Lycia, and Karia on the other, this book brings together some of the great monuments of classical antiquity--among them two of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos and the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos. With 250 photographs and specially commissioned line drawings, the book comprises a monumental narrative of the art and architecture that gave form, direction, and meaning to much of Western culture.
| Author | : Robert Arthur King |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 955 |
| Release | : 2017-05-02 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0393712443 |
A delightful collection of quirky faces, figures, and creatures that adorn New York City buildings. This gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs features more than two hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information. Contains the complete contents of King’s Faces in Stone and Animals in Stone, available for the first time in one decisive volume.
| Author | : Louis Slobodkin |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 1973-01-01 |
| Genre | : 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
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1214 |
| Release | : 1890 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
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| Author | : Everett Ellenwood |
| Publisher | : Fox Chapel Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 854 |
| Release | : 2014-07-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1607650967 |
Whether you're a woodcarver expanding your talents, a seasoned carver refining your skills, or a beginner newly introduced to this fulfilling craft, this is the only carving book you need. Brimming with expert instruction and 8 attractive step-by-step woodcarving projects, you'll learn all the classic carving styles and techniques along with the fundamentals of wood and tool selection, sharpening, creating a workspace, and finishing your completed work. Also included is a complete chapter on power carving.
