Sculpture Books


New Ceramics: Trends + TraditionsNew Ceramics: Trends + Traditions
Best Price: $21.50
This is a beautiful book that illustrates the amazing multiplicity of styles found in...
Leonardo (Dolphin Art Books)Leonardo (Dolphin Art Books)
Best Price: $69.00
Lamps of Louis Comfort TiffanyLamps of Louis Comfort TiffanyAlexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, JoyAlexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Best Price: $29.71
Featuring 137 illustrations (110 of which are in color) of modern sculptures and artworks from...
The Arts of Black Africa (African Studies Center)The Arts of Black Africa (African Studies Center)
Best Price: $7.79
290 Pages,8" x 5.5", Paperback. 201 small black & white photographs. Even though...


Living Materials: A Sculptor's HandbookLiving Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook
Best Price: $43.95
The good news is that this is probably the best book available on the materials of sculpture....
Myth, Meaning, and Memory on Roman SarcophagiMyth, Meaning, and Memory on Roman Sarcophagi
Best Price: $265.00
Michael Koortbojian brings a novel approach to his study of the role of Greek mythology in Roman...
Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the EarthIsamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the Earth
Best Price: $42.21
I had ordered two copies of this book One as a birthday gift, and the other for myself When...
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Large Print Edition)Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Large Print Edition)
Best Price: $37.50
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: the Reign of Louis XIV: Illustrated Catalogue: Volume III M-ZFrench Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: the Reign of Louis XIV: Illustrated Catalogue: Volume III M-Z


The Forms of Violence: Narrative in Assyrian Art and Modern CultureThe Forms of Violence: Narrative in Assyrian Art and Modern Culture
Best Price: $126.28
Woodcarving BasicsWoodcarving Basics
Best Price: $7.00
A fine introduction to the art of woodcarving....Gentle and practical explanations of the basic...
Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and PremisesOrigins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises
Best Price: $13.49
Elsen explores the changes that transformed sculpture between roughly 1890 and 1918.
The Art of Papua New Guinea: Cultural Traditions of the Sepik River : Selections from the Marion and Samuel Spring Collection October 2-October 30,The Art of Papua New Guinea: Cultural Traditions of the Sepik River : Selections from the Marion and Samuel Spring Collection October 2-October 30,
Best Price: $324.17
Skopas of ParosSkopas of Paros
Best Price: $350.00

The Colossus of Roads: Myth and Symbol Along the American HighwayThe Colossus of Roads: Myth and Symbol Along the American Highway
Best Price: $17.64
Colossus Of Roads, The: Myth And Symbol Along The American Highwa by Marling, Karal Ann
Peter Voulkos: A Dialogue with ClayPeter Voulkos: A Dialogue with Clay
Best Price: $198.58
Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of WomenBessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women
Best Price: $59.97
In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monu ments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh...
Thaddeus Mosley: African-American SculptorThaddeus Mosley: African-American SculptorViolence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from IndonesiaViolence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from Indonesia
Best Price: $38.86
The mention of Buddhism in Indonesia calls to mind for many people the Central Javanese monument...

Modeling in Wax for Jewelry and Sculpture (Jewelry Crafts)Modeling in Wax for Jewelry and Sculpture (Jewelry Crafts)
Best Price: $68.00
This book has paid for itself already, even though I haven't yet read every page! I did...
The Sculpture and Sculptors of YazilikayaThe Sculpture and Sculptors of Yazilikaya
Best Price: $30.00
167 pp. with 67 illus., 8vo.
Angels on High: Marton Varo's Limestone Angels on the Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, TexasAngels on High: Marton Varo's Limestone Angels on the Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas
Best Price: $54.43
Martn Vr's imposing twin angels emerge dramatically from the northern facade of the Nancy...
Sculpture I: 1952-1967 (Isthmia)Sculpture I: 1952-1967 (Isthmia)
Best Price: $11.98
This volume presents sculptural finds made by the University of Chicago at Isthmia during their...
Sculptures d'Afrique, d'Amerique, d'Oceanie (French Edition)Sculptures d'Afrique, d'Amerique, d'Oceanie (French Edition)

Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, Volume 1Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, Volume 1
Best Price: $35.97
I need the second volume of this set and no one seems to have it. I am interested in the...
Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance (Dumbarton Oaks Catalogues)Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance (Dumbarton Oaks Catalogues)
Best Price: $79.97
Santa Carving : A Carving Primer for Beginning and Advanced CarversSanta Carving : A Carving Primer for Beginning and Advanced Carvers
Best Price: $3.95
Ron Ransom's book is highly recommended for the novice carver who would like to produce nice...
41 Santa Patterns for Carvers (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)41 Santa Patterns for Carvers (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $8.40
41 exciting, creative new Santa patterns in one book! 41 Santa Patterns for Woodcarvers provides...
Carving Noah's Ark: Mrs. Noah & Friends : With the Animals of North America (A Schiffer Book for Wood Carvers)Carving Noah's Ark: Mrs. Noah & Friends : With the Animals of North America (A Schiffer Book for Wood Carvers)
Best Price: $7.95
Twice I've been suckered in by the "Carving Noah's Ark" titles on David...

Antony Gormley (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))Antony Gormley (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))
Best Price: $27.67
Antony Gormley is a sculptor who experiments with materials and ways of seeing the human form....
Franz West (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))Franz West (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))
Best Price: $27.68
In 1995 the Austrian Franz West transformed the terraces of the Museum of Contemporary Art in...
Anish KapoorAnish Kapoor
Best Price: $55.34
Anish Kapoor (b.1954) is one of the world?s most prominent artists, as the creator of popular...
Della Robbia (Great masters of art)Della Robbia (Great masters of art)A Guide to Stained Glass in BritainA Guide to Stained Glass in Britain
Best Price: $199.66

Degas (Great Artists)Degas (Great Artists)
Best Price: $0.01
Titles in Barron's "Great Artists" series concentrate on major artists of Western...
Making Concrete Garden Ornaments (Schiffer Book)Making Concrete Garden Ornaments (Schiffer Book)
Best Price: $12.99
Learn all the steps necessary to create four whimsical, decorative concrete garden ornaments....
A Guide to British Medieval SealsA Guide to British Medieval Seals
Best Price: $35.00
In medieval Britain the seal was, for some three hundred years, the way most documents were...
Origami Holiday DecorationsOrigami Holiday Decorations
Best Price: $5.36
I enjoyed this book very much and found there to be a good variety of origami decorations. I...
Origami Paper Rainbow 6 " 49 SheetsOrigami Paper Rainbow 6 " 49 Sheets

Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China (Princeton University Art Museu)Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China (Princeton University Art Museu)
Best Price: $43.26
The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE?220 CE) are...
Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
Best Price: $60.62
Paula Murphy, the leading expert on Irish sculpture, offers an extensive survey of the history...
Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers (Japan Society Series)Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers (Japan Society Series)
Best Price: $22.98
This book documents and exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists who are active at the...
Practical and Decorative Origami (Creative Origami)Practical and Decorative Origami (Creative Origami)
Shows how to produce a range of decorative and functional items in origami - the ancient...
Origami Ornaments: The Ultimate Kusudama BookOrigami Ornaments: The Ultimate Kusudama Book
Best Price: $24.39
I don't agree with the review saying there were problems. I have made the Lantern and many...

JadeJade
Best Price: $251.00
I study Jade Culture of the Orient and I use this reference for the good bibliography, and...
Carving Popular Birds: Patterns and Instructions for 12 Life-Size Models (Dover Woodworking)Carving Popular Birds: Patterns and Instructions for 12 Life-Size Models (Dover Woodworking)
Best Price: $6.15
In response to the criticism of this book I felt obliged to say that this book and Hillman books...
Sculpture in Wood (Dover Books on Art Instruction, Anatomy)Sculpture in Wood (Dover Books on Art Instruction, Anatomy)
Best Price: $51.85
Down-to-earth, practical book by noted sculptor covers everything you need to know ? woods,...
The Fields of David SmithThe Fields of David Smith
Best Price: $14.99
When David Smith died in 1966 he left his own personal field of dreams at his home/studio in...
Degas.Degas.

Ron Ransom Carves an Amish Family, Plain and Simple (A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Ron Ransom Carves an Amish Family, Plain and Simple (A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $7.50
From the Amish country in Pennsylvania, Ron Ransom has been inspired to create patterns and...
Carving Exotic Fish (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Carving Exotic Fish (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $29.54
Whether in the wild in warm tropical waters or in domestic waters of a home aquarium, the...
Carving Noah's Ark: Monkeys & Apes (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Carving Noah's Ark: Monkeys & Apes (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $7.95
Somehow this title doesn't match up with the book. I have been carving animals for a...
25 Leprechaun Patterns for Carvers25 Leprechaun Patterns for Carvers
Best Price: $8.99
If you're looking to carve some of the wee people, then here is your book. One leprechaun is...
Art of the Totem: Totem Poles of the Northwest Coastal IndiansArt of the Totem: Totem Poles of the Northwest Coastal Indians
Best Price: $2.74
Art of the Totem republishes archaelogical work done in the 1930's on Totem poles of the...

Art & Expression of the NetsilikArt & Expression of the Netsilik
Best Price: $59.10
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit ArtThe Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Art
Best Price: $39.99
The Winrob Collection contains one of the most significant assemblages of Inuit sculpture...
Kiugak Ashoona: Stories & Imaginings from Cape DorsetKiugak Ashoona: Stories & Imaginings from Cape Dorset
Best Price: $34.00
Kiugak Ashoona has the longest artistic career of any living Cape Dorset artist and is one of...
Coalport Figurines (1st Edition) - The Charlton Standard CatalogueCoalport Figurines (1st Edition) - The Charlton Standard Catalogue
Best Price: $24.95
Charlton Standard Catalogue of Royal Crown Derby CollectableCharlton Standard Catalogue of Royal Crown Derby Collectable

Talking with the Clay: Art of Pueblo PotteryTalking with the Clay: Art of Pueblo PotteryA Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980 (Perspectives on Contemporary Sculpture)A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980 (Perspectives on Contemporary Sculpture)
Best Price: $19.39
This collection is a work of astonishing intellectual insight and viscerally affecting beauty. ...
Roman Baroque Sculpture: The Industry of ArtRoman Baroque Sculpture: The Industry of Art
Best Price: $47.62
Draws on contemporary biographies and a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival material to...
The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino (2 Vol. set)The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino (2 Vol. set)
Best Price: $169.95
Jacopo Sansovino was the leading sculptor and architect of 16th-century Venice. His position and...
Degas and the Little DancerDegas and the Little Dancer
Best Price: $169.99
Degas's sculpture of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is one of the most celebrated images of...

Small Bronzes in the RenaissanceSmall Bronzes in the Renaissance
Best Price: $43.00
This far-ranging book presents the most recent research on small-scale bronze production of the...
Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African SculptureGenesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture
Best Price: $30.00
Pondering the origins of the world and their own ancestry, African societies often sought to...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Best Price: $14.80
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are renowned for their dramatic and innovative public projects. Their...
Elizabeth Catlett: In the Image of the People (Art Institute of Chicago)Elizabeth Catlett: In the Image of the People (Art Institute of Chicago)
Best Price: $36.00
Well written, richly illlustrated, engaging. Catlett deserves attention and Herzog has done...
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend (Jewish Museum)The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend (Jewish Museum)
Best Price: $35.00
Nevelson's work, as I had seen it in books and other photos, never really impressed me. Then...

Summit Of Treasures: Buddhist Cave Art Of Dazu, ChinaSummit Of Treasures: Buddhist Cave Art Of Dazu, China
Best Price: $17.95
Although the best-known cave-temples in China are located at Longmen and along the Silk Road...
Teach Yourself Sculpture (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill))Teach Yourself Sculpture (Teach Yourself (McGraw-Hill))
Best Price: $8.50
An introduction to the art of sculpture, from modelling and carving to simple construction....
Sculpture, Principles & PracticeSculpture, Principles & PracticeMark Di Suvero: Open Secret: Sculpture 1990-92Mark Di Suvero: Open Secret: Sculpture 1990-92
Best Price: $77.17
Josiah McElheny: A PrismJosiah McElheny: A Prism
Best Price: $40.92
The first major monograph on MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Josiah McElheny....

Repairing and Caring for Old China and Ceramic Tiles (Craftsman's guides)Repairing and Caring for Old China and Ceramic Tiles (Craftsman's guides)
Best Price: $40.25
The Sculpture of Hubert Dalwood (British Sculptors and Sculpture Series) (British Sculptors and Sculpture Series)The Sculpture of Hubert Dalwood (British Sculptors and Sculpture Series) (British Sculptors and Sculpture Series)
Best Price: $37.43
This is the first monograph to be published on Hubert Dalwood, one of the most successful...
Japanese arms & armour;: Introduction [and line drawings] ([Arms and Armour Press. Illustrated monographs])Japanese arms & armour;: Introduction [and line drawings] ([Arms and Armour Press. Illustrated monographs])Classic Glass Painting Patterns: Inspirations from the PastClassic Glass Painting Patterns: Inspirations from the PastWoodcarving with a ChainsawWoodcarving with a Chainsaw

Ron Ransom Carves an Amish Family, Plain and Simple (A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Ron Ransom Carves an Amish Family, Plain and Simple (A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $7.50
From the Amish country in Pennsylvania, Ron Ransom has been inspired to create patterns and...
Carving Exotic Fish (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Carving Exotic Fish (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $29.54
Whether in the wild in warm tropical waters or in domestic waters of a home aquarium, the...
Carving Noah's Ark: Monkeys & Apes (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Carving Noah's Ark: Monkeys & Apes (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Best Price: $7.95
Somehow this title doesn't match up with the book. I have been carving animals for a...
25 Leprechaun Patterns for Carvers25 Leprechaun Patterns for Carvers
Best Price: $8.99
If you're looking to carve some of the wee people, then here is your book. One leprechaun is...
Art of the Totem: Totem Poles of the Northwest Coastal IndiansArt of the Totem: Totem Poles of the Northwest Coastal Indians
Best Price: $2.74
Art of the Totem republishes archaelogical work done in the 1930's on Totem poles of the...

Art & Expression of the NetsilikArt & Expression of the Netsilik
Best Price: $59.10
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit ArtThe Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Art
Best Price: $39.99
The Winrob Collection contains one of the most significant assemblages of Inuit sculpture...
Kiugak Ashoona: Stories & Imaginings from Cape DorsetKiugak Ashoona: Stories & Imaginings from Cape Dorset
Best Price: $34.00
Kiugak Ashoona has the longest artistic career of any living Cape Dorset artist and is one of...
Coalport Figurines (1st Edition) - The Charlton Standard CatalogueCoalport Figurines (1st Edition) - The Charlton Standard Catalogue
Best Price: $24.95
Charlton Standard Catalogue of Royal Crown Derby CollectableCharlton Standard Catalogue of Royal Crown Derby Collectable

The Art of Africa - Negro Art from the Institute of Ethnography, Leningrad (The Art of Africa)The Art of Africa - Negro Art from the Institute of Ethnography, Leningrad (The Art of Africa)Working with Porcelain (Ceramic Skillbooks)Working with Porcelain (Ceramic Skillbooks)Modelling In Clay (Ceramic Skillbooks)Modelling In Clay (Ceramic Skillbooks)
This step-by-step guide to modelling explains how to start, how to build an armature, modelling...
The Shipcarver's Handbook: How to Design and Execute Traditional Marine Carvings ( " WoodenBoat Books " )The Shipcarver's Handbook: How to Design and Execute Traditional Marine Carvings ( " WoodenBoat Books " )Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Stamp Seals Bk.2Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Stamp Seals Bk.2

Chinese Pottery and Porcelain PbChinese Pottery and Porcelain Pb
This is a survey of the development of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the present...
Looking at European Ceramics. A guide to technical termsLooking at European Ceramics. A guide to technical termsEgyptian Sculpture.Egyptian Sculpture.
72 pp. & 76 illus. in color & b/w, 8vo.
GoldGold
Best Price: $7.00
Gold has been valued in many cultures because it is rare, resists the corrosion that affects...
Jimmie Durham (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))Jimmie Durham (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))
Best Price: $32.30
Filled with glorious full colour photos and some of the most amusing anecdotes and interviews...
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