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Sculpture inside and out

Title
Sculpture inside and out / Malvina Hoffman.
Author
Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966
Publication
  • New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1939]
  • ©1939

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Description
330 pages : illustrations, plates, diagrams; 26 cm
Summary
"Part I includes a brief historical outline of sculpture and is enlivened by anecdotes and personal experiences with Rodin, Mestrovic, Brancusi and other famous artists. In Part II Miss Hoffman takes the reader behind the scenes and shows what goes on in the sculptor's studio ... lavishly illustrated with photographs taken in collaboration with experts and technicians"--Cover.
Subject
  • Sculpture
  • Sculpture > Technique
  • Sculpture
  • sculpture techniques
  • Sculpture > Technique
  • Plastik
  • Bildnerisches Gestalten
  • Plastische kunst
  • Theorie en praktijk
Genre/Form
Books.
Note
  • "First edition."
Bibliography (note)
  • Included index.
Contents
Origin of form -- A brief outline of sculpture -- The timelessness of art -- "Having eyes, see ye not?" -- Can sculpture be taught? -- Suggestions for a practical art center -- The sculptor's studio -- Anatomy, the human machine -- Drawing and modeling -- Carving -- Garden and architectural sculpture -- Reliefs and medals -- Animals -- Enlarging and reducing -- Photography and lighting -- Plaster and terra cotta -- Bronze -- Originals or fakes?
LCCN
39027322
OCLC
  • ocm00517773
  • 517773
  • SCSB-9040624
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library