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The elements of sculpture : a viewer's guide / Herbert George.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Phaidon Press, 2014Description: 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780714867410
  • 0714867411
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 730.118 22 GEO
Online resources:
Contents:
The object. Material ; Place -- Characteristics. Surface ; Edge ; Texture ; Colour ; Scale -- Physicality. Mass ; Centre of gravity -- Expanding the core. Volume ; Space -- Challenging solidity. Movement ; Light -- The effect of past experience. Memory.
Summary: Compelling and jargon-free, The Elements of Sculpture discovers and isolates the attributes - from the most physical to the most ephemeral - that make up an essential three-dimensional visual language; the very elements that form the tools sculptors use to create their art: Material, Place, Surface, Edge, Texture, Colour, Scale, Mass, Centre of Gravity, Volume, Space, Movement, Light and Memory. By teaching us how to look at and experience sculpture in the same way that sculptors think about sculpture, Herbert George provides us with the tools for understanding and appreciating the three-dimensional object, and demonstrates how we can begin to communicate using the language of sculpture.
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Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Baccah 730.118 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 37380 Available 000056654
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The object. Material ; Place -- Characteristics. Surface ; Edge ; Texture ; Colour ; Scale -- Physicality. Mass ; Centre of gravity -- Expanding the core. Volume ; Space -- Challenging solidity. Movement ; Light -- The effect of past experience. Memory.

Compelling and jargon-free, The Elements of Sculpture discovers and isolates the attributes - from the most physical to the most ephemeral - that make up an essential three-dimensional visual language; the very elements that form the tools sculptors use to create their art: Material, Place, Surface, Edge, Texture, Colour, Scale, Mass, Centre of Gravity, Volume, Space, Movement, Light and Memory. By teaching us how to look at and experience sculpture in the same way that sculptors think about sculpture, Herbert George provides us with the tools for understanding and appreciating the three-dimensional object, and demonstrates how we can begin to communicate using the language of sculpture.

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