Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms

by Jane Bassett, Peggy Fogelman

This newest addition to the Museum's popular Looking At series provides definitions of the technical terms most often encountered by museum-goers and student of post-antique European sculpture. The book enhances the appreciation of the art form by explaining the methods used in creating
sculpture and the terms used by scholars to describe it.

Featured are clear, concise explanations to questions such What is a socle ? What are the steps in bronze casting? What is contrapposto ? Written for the non-specialist and lavishly illustrated with objects from the Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book is invaluable to
anyone who wants to learn more about the art of sculpture.

Genres: Art

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 1997

About the author

Jane Bassett is associate conservator of decorative arts and sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Reviews

[Cynthia]

Was very helpfull to me to get acquainted with right terminology in English for sculpture