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1) Maya Lin
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the architect-sculptor who designed the Vietnam War Memorial.
2) Henry Moore
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and work of the English sculptor, describing and giving examples of his art.
4) The snail
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all time. This is his story. Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. But the world was not so giving in return. Growing up mixed-race, born in the United States and raised in Japan, Noguchi found himself perceived as an outsider who did not belong in either country. Unable to identify fully as either Japanese or American, he turned to his art to shape, hold, and create...
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A winged, headless goddess from the third century; a gigantic tube of toothpaste; a tribal mask; a Buddha of solid gold - these are some of the creations featured in this book of sculptures that children will be able to learn from whilst having fun. Children naturally respond to shape, size, texture and colour, and will hugely enjoy this close look at thirteen of the world's most fascinating sculptures, including works by Michelangelo, Rodin, Giacometti,...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This lushly illustrated book by collage artist Andrea D'Aquino brings Asawa's creative journey to life, detailing the influence of her childhood in a farming family, and her education at Black Mountain College where she pursued an experimental course of education with leading avant-garde artists and thinkers such as Anni and Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Rauschenberg. Delightful and substantial, this engaging title...
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of how a farmboy became America's foremost sculptor. After failing at academics, Dan was working the family farm when he idly carved a turnip into a frog and discovered what he was meant to do. Sweeney's swift prose and Fields's evocative illustrations capture the single-minded determination with which Dan taught himself to sculpt and launched his career with the famous Minuteman Statue in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts....
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The first original graphic novel in a new series spotlighting the true stories of the real groundbreakers who changed our world for the better. "Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way. I pitched in and dug at my work until now I am where I am." Meet Edmonia Lewis, the woman who changed America during the Civil War by becoming the first sculptor of African-American and Native American...
