Sculpture: Principles and Practice

by Louis Slobodkin

Book Overview

"Instruction and appreciation become one in this book." - School Arts Sculpture: Principles and Practice is one of the most authoritative and comprehensive books on the creation of sculpture. Unlike... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486229602
• ISBN13: 9780486229607
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Sculpting

This book was purchased as a gift for a student majoring in sculpting at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He has found it to be very useful and informative while pursueing his studies.

Dated but interesting.

If you purchase this book knowing you are getting an outdated book you may enjoy it more. It has some good info in a few areas, especially in basic clay-up, but lacks in most modern mold making techniques. The sculpture in this book is basically classical to put it simply. I would still recommend this book especially to beginners.

Great general guide

I agree with the comment below - this is a beginner's book. More power to it. It was written by someone who has taught as well as practiced & focuses on the sculpting process rather than on artistic technique. Some of the mediums he covers (casting stone, glue molds) have advanced in ease of use since this book was written, but this guide has stood the test of time.

Good presentation, very informative

I am a novice and am in the process of reading and learning all I can about the technical foundations of sculpture. I found this book very easy to understand and well organized. The photographs and illustrations are top notch and add greatly to the understanding of the subject. This book is worth its price.

The best book since 3000 years!

I really liked his style and I enjoyed reading it, this book is a stimulance if you want to be active in sculpture !!!!! Lango Metten, the Netherlands