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ModellingandSculptingAnimals

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TherepublicationofthishighlyvaluabletextbyEdouardLanteri,arenownedteacher,sculptor,andintimatefriendofRodin(Rodincalledhim"mydearmaster,mydearfriend"),makesitpossibleforseriousstudentstogaintherequisiteskillsneededforfigurativesculptureandtobridgethegapbetweenartisticconceptandfigurativerealization.
ModellingandSculptingAnimals,togetherwithitscompanionpieceModellingandSculptingtheHumanFigure,istheclassictreatiseonthetechniquesoffigurativesculpture.Representingatleastthreethousandyearsofstudiolore,thisreadilyunderstandable,authoritativeguideisagoldmineoftechnicalinformation,easilycomprisingafour-yearsculpturecurriculumunavailableelsewhere.
Inthisreasonablypricedvolume,devotedalmostentirelytothemodellingofanimals,Lanterioffersthoroughstep-by-stepinstructionforthefigurativesculptor.Beginningwithadescriptionofthehistoricalsymbolismofanimalsindifferentcultures,theauthorthenproceedstogivemeticulousanatomyforthehorse,lion,andbull.Rulesofmotion,measurementsofconstruction,erectingtheframework,tools,materials,andotherpertinentaspectsofanimalsculpturearecoveredindetail.Thefinalsectionpresentsacomprehensiveexpositionofthemethodsofcastinginplaster,includinghowtomixtheplaster,applyingsuccessivelayersandirons,openingthemold,soapingandoiling,chippingoffthemold,andspecialprecautions.Aprofusionofillustrations—over200photographs,drawings,anddiagrams—clearlydemonstrateeveryprincipleandmethodtheauthordescribes.64full-pagephotographicplates,139drawingsanddiagrams.,

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