The Materials of Sculpture by Nicholas Penny
Surveying the sculpture of many civilizations from ancient Egypt to 20th-century North America, this book provides a basic introduction to the nature of materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were worked in different periods and in different cultures.
Nicholas Penny is Clore Curator of Renaissance Art at the National Gallery, London. He is also the author of Church Monuments in Romantic England and co author of Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture and Raphael.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300065817 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300065817 |
| Title | The Materials of Sculpture |
| Author | Nicholas Penny |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 1996-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
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