PABLO PICASSO: "…when the form is realized, it is there to live its own life." HENRY MOORE: "The sculpture which moves me most is full-blooded and self-supporting, fully in the round; giving out something of an energy and power of great mountains, it has a life of its own independent of the object it represents." African Art Speaks, the first full appraisal of African art published in the United States, describes and illustrates the sculpted works...

Nicolas Notovitch was born into an aristocratic Jewish family, but converted to Christianity in his youth. A prolific journalist, author of twelve books (and some say, spy), he travelled widely in the east, visiting India, Afghanistan and Ladakh. After a riding accident that broke his leg, Notovitch recuperated at a Tibetan monastery in Hemis. Here, he heard of a manuscript that revealed astonishing information on the sixteen 'Lost Years of Jesus'-the...

A biography of the French sculptor documenting his struggle against poverty and his artistic struggles and achievements, as well as his personal life.

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him.

An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroque Roman baroque sculpture is usually thought of in terms of large-scale statues in marble and bronze, tombs, or portrait busts. Smaller bronze statuettes are often overlooked, and the extensive production of sculptural silver-much of which is now lost but can be studied from drawings-is frequently omitted from the histories of art. In this book, Jennifer Montagu enriches our understanding...

Explains the basic techniques needed to build a professional looking sandcastle, with detailed instructions and tips for embellishments including gabled roofs and spiral staircases.

"A new look at the interrelationship of architecture and sculpture during one of the richest periods of American modern design"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduces readers to sculpture.