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George Washington, Jean Antoine Houdon, Sculptor: A Brief History of the Most Famous Sculpture Created of America's Immortal Patriot, Issued to Commemorate the Bicentennial of His Birth, 1732-1932

Book; The Gorham Company, 1931

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Houdon, Jean Antoine--1741-1828, Sculpture--United States--History, Washington statue (Richmond, Va.)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...resolution which, though brief, was destined to become famous in our history. It was also to result in making a household...word in America of the name of one of the worlds greatest sculptors. The resolution read: "That the Executive be requested...
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Six Greek Sculptors

Book by Ernest A. Gardner; Duckworth, 1910

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Sculptors--Greece, Sculpture, Greek

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...summarised the whole contrast between the two sculptors. So far we have not considered the...the fact that Scopas was not the only sculptor employed. We have, indeed, a most...operation of four or five of the most famous sculptors of the middle of the fourth century...
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Thomas Crawford, American Sculptor

Book by Robert L. Gale; University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964

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Crawford, Thomas--1813 or 14-1857, Sculpture--United States--Biography

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...Crawford could claim descent. 134 It is a tragedy that the sculptor should have died when his son was only three years of age...India , appeared in 1882; had Crawford lived as long as most famous sculptors, he would easily have lived to read his sons first novel...
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Horatio Greenough: The First American Sculptor

Book by Nathalia Wright; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963

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Greenough, Horatio--1805-1852

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...possible commissions. 2 Evidently he stayed about three months. The marble from the mountains around Carrara, in wide demand since Roman times, became most famous as used by the Italian sculptors of the Renaissance; Michelangelo often
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Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects

Book by Giorgio Vasari, E. H. Blashfield, E. W. Blashfield, A. A. Hopkins; Charles Scribners Sons, 1902

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Art--Italy--History

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...The cartoon of the Battle of Pisa had made Michelangelo famous as draughtsman and worker upon flat surfaces, and to this guarantee of the sculptors competency as painter is to be added the fact that Bramante...Sistine, and Pietro Rossellis letter of May 10, 1506, to the sculptor, claims that Bramante was doing what he could to prevent...

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Journal Articles on: famous sculptors

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Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer

Journal article by Konrad Eisenbichler; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

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Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer. by Konrad...eds. Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer. Cambridge...great goldsmith, engraver, sculptor, and writer of the sixteenth...Belozerskayas article on the famous saltcellar for King Francis...
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Material Illusion: Adrift with the Conceptual Sculptor Zhan Wang

Journal article by Britta Erickson; Art Journal, Vol. 60, 2001

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Personal profiles, Sculpture, Visual artists, Wang, Zhan

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...Adrift with the Conceptual Sculptor Zhan Wang by Britta Erickson...creations of the conceptual sculptor Zhan Wang. While the second...select a plaster copy of a famous Western sculpture, of the...sculpture or becoming a master sculptor: you can draw broader conclusions...
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Donatello's Gattamelata and Its Humanist Audience *

Journal article by Mary Bergstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002

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Classical antiquities, Donatello, Donato de'Bardi detto--Criticism and interpretation, Gattamelata (Sculpture)--Criticism and interpretation, Gattamelata (Sculpture)--History, Gattamelata (Sculpture)--Social aspects, Humanism--Criticism and interpretation, Humanism--Social aspects, Renaissance sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance sculpture--History, Renaissance sculpture--Social aspects, Sculptors--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, Renaissance--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, Renaissance--History, Sculpture, Renaissance--Social aspects

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Leonello dEste and his father famous, >You also rendered...and Felice Feliciano on the famous antiquarian outing around...ensemble, by Florentine sculptors Niccolo Baroncelli (the...Baroncelli was a Florentine sculptor with extensive Paduan connections...the most ambitious young sculptors an d painters. And Ghibertis...private library, launching the sculptor into the role of antiquarian...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *

Journal article by Victoria Kirkham; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002

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Aristocracy--Social aspects, Italy--16th century AD, Sculptors--Behavior

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...seems surprising that the sculptor called to witness Lauras...standing friendship. Both sculptors had worked together during...Sansovino -- rather late for a sculptor to find his maestro. He...appreciative of the Ferrarese sculptors mature courtesy and literary...suited to his identity as a sculptor in the classical style...equates him with the most famous sculptor of Greek antiquity...
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Horror Histories: Apartheid and the Abject Body in the Work of Jane Alexander

Journal article by Tenley Bick; African Arts, Vol. 43, 2010

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African art--Criticism and interpretation, Alexander, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Alexander, Jane--Works, Apartheid--Portrayals, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Sculptors--Criticism and interpretation, Sculptors--Works, Sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture--South Africa

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...different site than these Western models. The body has been a key site of revolution for African avant-garde, as in the famous Nigerian Zaria Art School. With this dialogue in mind, we should think of the body of disparate parts--whether pastiched...

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Magazine Articles on: famous sculptors

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age

Magazine article by Mark M. Johnson; Arts & Activities, Vol. 136, January 2005

Subjects:

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus--Portrayals, Sculptors--Portrayals, Sculpture--Exhibitions

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...American contemporaries. The sculptors Standing Lincoln is clearly...the American Renaissance sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens...Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age features 75 of the sculptors most famous works. Included are reductions...
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The King and the Craftsman: Few Works of Art Are as Closely Linked to History as the Gold Salt Cellar Commissioned by Francis I of France in 1541 from the Florentine Goldsmith and Sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini. Its Theft Three Years Ago from an Austrian Art Gallery Is a Major Loss to World Heritage as Robert Knecht Explains

Magazine article by Robert Knecht; History Today, Vol. 56, February 2006

Subjects:

Art thefts, Cellini, Benvenuto--Behavior, Cellini, Benvenuto--Works, Sculptors--Behavior, Sculptors--Works, Statues

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1541 from the Florentine Goldsmith and Sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini. Its Theft Three...Cellini, Florentine goldsmith and sculptor (1500-71), occupies a special place...He it was who broke the nose of the sculptor Torrigiano, who, more famously, broke...
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Washington's Sculptor

Magazine article by Michael D. White; Independent Banker, Vol. 51, February 2001

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Banks in insurance, Business insurance, Buy sell agreements, Key man insurance, Small business, Split dollar arrangements, United States

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Washingtons Sculptor by Michael D. White On Feb. 22...States and rendered permanent the famous likeness of Washington for generations...bankers, electronics executives and famous sculptors-- whose hands and minds have produced...
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The Last Primitivist: Once Britain's Most Popular Sculptor, Henry Moore Has Become Deeply Unfashionable. His Iconic Bronzes Are Overshadowed by Inflatable Ketchup Bottles, Writes Morgan Falconer, While Richard Cork Celebrates His Successor, Antony Gormley

Magazine article by Morgan Falconer, Richard Cork; New Statesman, Vol. 133, May 17, 2004

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Moore, Henry--Criticism and interpretation, Moore, Henry--Works, Sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture--United Kingdom

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...Primitivist: Once Britains Most Popular Sculptor, Henry Moore Has Become Deeply Unfashionable...holding a retrospective including both his famous bronze sculptures and his lesser-known...was called Early One Morning, after a famous Caro work. The title was apt, since the concerns of many of todays sculptors are identical to those of the young...
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Adriaen De Vries, Imperial Sculptor

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, December 1999

Subjects:

Bronze sculpture--Exhibitions, de Vries, Adriaen--Exhibitions

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...Sculptor. One of the major sculptors in the history of European...progressive Northern European sculptors of his time and a precursor to such modern sculptors as Auguste Rodin. De Vries...he became official court sculptor. Among his noted works are...In his day, de Vries was famous enough to be compared to...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous sculptors

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World-Famous Sculptor 'Absolutely Thrilled' to Be Chosen for Gravell Tribute

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 1, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

World-Famous Sculptor Absolutely Thrilled to Be Chosen for...Steffan Rhys ONE of the worlds leading sculptors has been commissioned to create an...holding interviewswithanumber of possible sculptors fromacross England andWales. "We...
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MY BIONIC MIRACLE; World-Famous Sculptor Is Saved from Blindness with a Ground-Breaking Op

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 18, 2010

Subjects:

Blindness, Musicians

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MY BIONIC MIRACLE; World-Famous Sculptor Is Saved from Blindness with a Ground-Breaking Op...blind until a "bionic" operation saved his sight. Sculptor Maurice Harron is famous around the world for his spectacular public artworks...
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A Poetic Injustice? High Drama as Couple Known as 'Heart and Soul' of Famous Retreat Are Shown the Door and Sculptor Campaigns to Reinstate Them

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 17, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...High Drama as Couple Known as Heart and Soul of Famous Retreat Are Shown the Door and Sculptor Campaigns to Reinstate Them. Byline: Cormac...mailonsunday.ie BARRED: Teddy Burns was born in the famous house and worked on the estate for 25 years RINGING...
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Romancing the Stone; Dreamy Portraits in Marble from Venetian Renaissance Sculptors

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 19, 2009

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Sculptors

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...from Venetian Renaissance Sculptors. Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch...work of inventive Venetian sculptors who may have influenced their more famous painter colleagues. An...show devoted to Florentine sculptor Desiderio da Settignano...discovery of the show is sculptor Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455...figures. As elusive as the sculptors couples is his portrait...
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Sculptor Aims to Remember Legend

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 8, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Sculptor Aims to Remember Legend. A NORTHUMBERLAND sculptor has been shortlisted to create...of one of the countrys most famous football managers. Keith...from Elsdon, is one of three sculptors in the running to create a...Clough. HONOURING A HERO: Sculptor Keith Maddison with the bust...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous sculptors

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Callimachus , Fl. 2d Half of 5th Cent. B.C., Greek Sculptor from Athens

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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CALLIMACHUS , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor from Athens k lim k s, fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor from Athens. He was famous as the maker of the gold lamp in the Erechtheum and a seated image...
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Sculpture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Phoenician art ). The sculptors of the ancient Americas...cent. the individual sculptor gained prominence in...The late medieval sculptors preceded a long line of famous Italian Renaissance sculptors from Della Quercia...of the works of the sculptor-architect Bernini...
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Della Robbia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...del rob e , Ital. del la rob bya, Florentine family of sculptors and ceramists famous for their enameled terra-cotta or faience. Many of the...1400? 1482, founder of the atelier, was known first as a sculptor in bronze and marble. He was commissioned (1421) to design...
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Medal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Medals returned to fashion during the Renaissance, especially through the fine work of Pisanello . Many sculptors and painters were famous also as medalists, notably Leone Leoni, Benvenuto Cellini, and Albrecht Durer. France in the 19th cent...
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Italian Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...half of the 15th cent. the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti embellished...competition against another great sculptor and architect, Filippo Brunelleschi. Other sculptors, such as Desiderio da Settignano...color for which Venice became famous. The Vivarini family produced...Francesco di Giorgio, and the sculptor Vecchietta. The last half...

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