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Six Greek Sculptors

Book by Ernest A. Gardner; Duckworth, 1910

Subjects:

Sculptors--Greece, Sculpture, Greek

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...characteristics from various famous statues--the form...neck from the same sculptors Amazon , the...Many of the most famous sculptors of Greece are...but the AEginetan sculptors also made single...instance, the famous boxer Glaucus in...
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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

Subjects:

Art--Italy--History

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...his own direction by the most eminent sculptors and the best painters then to be found...keenest sympathy with the painters and sculptors who should decorate their buildings...and some personal memoranda in the sculptors own handwriting. The above comprises...
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The New York School: The Painters and Sculptors of the Fifties

Book by Irving Sandler; Harper & Row, 1978

Subjects:

Art, American--New York (State)--20th Century, New York School Of Art

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...forth.... But all of a sudden, in that famous turn of the century, a few people thought...York School because the painters and sculptors were geographically concentrated and...particularly Bop, so much so that the famous jazz club, the Five Spot Cafe whose walls...
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Some Modern Sculptors

Book by Stanley Casson; Oxford University Press, 1928

Subjects:

Sculpture

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...the antique. Barye must have seen the famous group in the Roman copy at Naples...Maillol is distinguished from other sculptors by the ease and simplicity with which...glance the difference between the two sculptors. Where Rodin is didactic, Maillol is...
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The Famous Cities of Ireland

Book by Stephen Gwynn, Hugh Thomson; Maunsel & Co. ltd., 1915

Subjects:

Cities And Towns--Ireland, Ireland--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND THE CUSTOM HOUSE, DUBLIN. THE FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND BY STEPHEN GWYNN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS...of an Irish R.M . It should be explained that the Famous Citiesof Ireland of Ireland completes a scheme devised...

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The Most Famous Fairy in History: Antinous and Homosexual Fantasy

Journal article by Sarah Waters; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 6, 1995

Subjects:

Sex Customs--History, Sexology

Collections: History, Entire Library

...59 wants only to have him sit for sculptors. In Hausraths fiction, however, Antinous...still. 117 The picture becomes "world-famous"; the artist, however, never learns of...up in the Britannica: wasnt he the most famous fairy in history?" "Until a year or...
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Desiderio and Diletto: Vision, Touch, and the Poetics of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne

Journal article by Andrea Bolland; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000

Subjects:

Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetics--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sculptors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...criterion of difficultgrave{a}. The sculptors case is further dissected in...to ponder other models. The famous story that Cardinal Barberini...of Paul Vs comparison of the sculptors gifts to those of Michelangelo...considered hobnobbing with the most famous artists to be his greatest...
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Donatello's Gattamelata and Its Humanist Audience *

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

Subjects:

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

...essay, Ciriaco compares sculptors of his own day -- namely...dEste and his father famous...Felice Feliciano on the famous antiquarian outing around...ensemble, by Florentine sculptors Niccolo Baroncelli (the...made from Ciriacos own famous sardonyx agate cameo...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *

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

Subjects:

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

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...The nickname equates him with the most famous sculptor of Greek antiquity, a maker...Giorgio Vasari and Agnolo Bronzino, and the sculptors Benvenuto Cellini and Bartolomeo Ammannati...Fig. 4, Appendix 2). In general, the sculptors hand is legible but not beautiful. It...
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Cellini's Blood

Journal article by Michael Cole; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 81, 1999

Subjects:

Cellini, Benvenuto--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Perseus and Medusa (Sculpture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sculptors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...Butters, The Triumph of Vulcan: Sculptors Tools, Porphyry, and the Prince...nature of sculpture in his now-famous Sulla la pittura e scultura...Ausonius adopts the voice of the famous cow the sculptor cast: "I had...with other means contemporary sculptors found to extract and display...

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Black Hole of Boston: Boston's 'Big Dig' Is a Wonder of Engineering and Construction, but Even More Astounding Is the Alleged Serpentine Scandal Engaged in by Government Officials and a World-Famous Firm with Political Clout to Hide the True Cost of the Project from American Taxpayers

Magazine article by John Pike; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, December 10, 2002

Subjects:

Bechtel Group Inc.--Contracts, Bechtel Group Inc.--Investigations, Boston, Massachusetts--Finance, Boston, Massachusetts--Investigations, Political corruption--Investigations, Road construction industry--Investigations, Road construction--Finance, Road construction--Investigations

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...another case, mitigation meant buying $1.4 million worth of soundproof windows and an air-conditioning system for artists and sculptors who live near a construction site. And mitigation meant spending $250,000 to buy the Boston Fire Department a new fire boat...
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Divine David: Michaelangelo's Most Famous Sculpture Has Been Adored for Exactly 500 Years

Magazine article by David Masello; The Advocate, February 3, 2004

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...Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, wrote of the sculpture...confusing. Although Renaissance Florence was famously tolerant of homosexuality, Michelangelo...republic--the 26-year-old artist was a famous man. The commission came with a caveat...
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Address Unknown: Yve-Alain Bois on the Sculpture of Henri Matisse

Magazine article by Yve-Alain Bois; Artforum International, Vol. 45, May 2007

Subjects:

Matisse, Henri--Criticism and interpretation, Matisse, Henri--Works, Sculptors--Criticism and interpretation, Sculptors--Works, Sculpture--Exhibitions, Sculpture--France

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...one of the most important (and modern) sculptors of the first half of the past century...that we already knew), but to reflect two famous sayings by the artist. The first he made...fact, closer than ever to Rodin, whose famous "failed" monument, The Gates of Hell...
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World and a String: Yve-Alain Bois on Fred Sandback

Magazine article by Yve-Alain Bois; Artforum International, Vol. 42, October 2003

Subjects:

Sandback, Fred--Appreciation, Sandback, Fred--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sandback, Fred--Works, Sculptors--Appreciation, Sculptors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sculptors--Works

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...perceptive choice when looking at the famous duck/rabbit image. Rare are those people...elaborated by Gonzalez and adopted by so many sculptors in the immediate postwar era is the logical...rectangles or trapezes. For a generation of sculptors so concerned with the intensity and forming...
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Moore & Giacometti

Magazine article by Eric Gibson; New Criterion, Vol. 26, December 2007

Subjects:

Giacometti, Alberto--Comparative analysis, Giacometti, Alberto--Works, Moore, Henry--Comparative analysis, Moore, Henry--Works, Sculptors--Comparative analysis, Sculptors--Works

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...greatest works Moore ever produced-Three Points of 1939. This famous sculpture is composed of an oval form like the letter C resting...reclining figure vaulted him to the forefront of English modernist sculptors. Yet, though radical there, within the context of European...

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Sculptor's Lasting Fame Rests on Lincoln Life Mask; Leonard Volk Makes 'Picture' at Time of Nomination

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 4, 2007

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

Sculptors Lasting Fame Rests on Lincoln Life...and politician now found himself famous. No doubt Lincoln was pleased with...earthy odor of clay - the stuff of the sculptors craft - permeated the air. Small...curvature of Lincolns face with which sculptors would have to contend. There was...
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THE 100ft BREASTS; Public to Climb Peaks of Scots Sculptor's Giant Goddess

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 28, 2005

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

...BREASTS; Public to Climb Peaks of Scots Sculptors Giant Goddess. Byline: By Magnus...Goddess of the North and could become as famous as the giant Angel of the North sculpture...in Edinburgh last year. But his most famous work of art is his own garden in Portrack...
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PIN MAN GETS HIS OWN BIG PICTURE; Film to Be Made of Sculptor's Life Story

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), June 11, 2006

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

PIN MAN GETS HIS OWN BIG PICTURE; Film to Be Made of Sculptors Life Story. Byline: BY ANUJI VARMA Showbiz Editor...dyslexia and learning difficulties at school to become a world-famous sculptor. Willards intricate carved pieces are so small...
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Sculptor's Distinctive Figures Are Newest Capital Visitors

Newspaper article by Tatiana Fix; The Washington Times, October 12, 1996

Subjects:

Botero, Fernando

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

Sculptors distinctive figures are newest capital visitors by Tatiana Fix Renowned artist Fernando Boteros sumptuous...nonexistent tail. "La Pensee" is a large woman standing on a head, gazing up into the sky. Also featured are Mr. Boteros famous "Left Hand" and three satirical pieces showing the unique nature of Mr. Boteros work: "Roman Soldier," "Cat" and "Little...
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ART & DESIGN Painters Patrons Auctioneers Designers Dealers Buyers Galleries Sculptors

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 9, 2007

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

...OWNER Runs Marylebone gallery which hassupported young British sculptors since the 1960s. Logsdail is a pioneer whofanned Modernism...Austere, tough-minded maker of faceless humanoidsis as world-famous in bronze and clay as Hirst is for sheep and skull. Hismatchstick...

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Della Robbia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

DELLA ROBBIA 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 Della Robbia pieces are still in their original settings in Florence, Siena...
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Polykleitos

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...in bronze and made a number of statues of athletes. His most famous statue embodied his ideal of physical perfection. This "canon...as chiastic balance, became the standard of proportions for sculptors. It is best known through a copy, the Doryphorus or Spear-Bearer...
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Coustou

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

COUSTOU koostoo , family of French sculptors. Nicolas Coustou, 1658 1733, studied with his uncle, Antoine...Returning to Paris, he worked at Versailles and at Marly. He is famous for his colossal group, The Ocean and the Mediterranean...
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Ageladas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...d s, c.540 c.460 b.c., Greek sculptor of the Argive school, famous for his statues of gods and Olympian athletes. Some modern...Holloway, claim that Ageladas was the teacher of many great sculptors, such as Polykleitos the Elder, Phidias, and Myron...
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Lachaise, Gaston

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...years he worked in Boston and New York City, chiefly for the sculptors H. H. Kitson and Paul Manship , who employed him to execute...Plaza, and other New York City structures. Perhaps his most famous works, however, are single figures, such as his Standing Woman...

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