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Ancient Sculpture Sculptors
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1200 Years of Italian Sculpture
An illustrated history of sculpture in Italy, by period. Includes author and sculptor indexes.
http://www.thais.it/scultura/default_uk.htm
Blue Madonna
Glass sculptor John Robinson describes how he reproduced in glass Michelangelo's relief sculpture of the Madonna and Child, known as the Pitti Tondo. Includes a history of the Pitti Tondo.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/jr/bluemadonna/blue-madonna.html
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
The University of Durham hosts information on this publication project. Includes images and a map showing the counties covered by each volume.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/corpus/
Dupagne, Arthur (1895-1961)
Belgian Africanist Sculptor.
http://www.milstaingallery.com
End of Europe's Middle Ages: Sculpture
Part of a University of Calgary tutorial with photographs and narrative from Gothic sculpture as an architectural component to free-standing Italian Renaissance sculpture.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/art3.html
Glasgow - City of Sculpture
Over 200 biographies of sculptors and architects, with hundreds of photographs covering the history of sculpture in Glasgow.
http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/
History of Sculpture
Educational guide to the history of sculpture by Jack Bookbinder covering everything from the statues of ancient Greece to modern American monuments.
http://www.artfaces.com/artkids/sculpture.htm
Indian Sculpture and Temple Ornamentation
Images and historical notes by Shishir Thadani relating to Indian sculpture and temple carvings, from Image India.
http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/sculpture.html
Liverpool's Peter Pan
A collection of people's memories and photographs of the Peter Pan sculpture from Liverpool's Sefton Park.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/hamlyn/peterpan
Monumental Sculpture in Eastern Europe
Research of Dr. Reuben Fowkes on monumental sculpture, socialist realism and communist statues in post-war Eastern Europe, as well as contemporary visual arts.
http://www.reubenfowkes.net/thesis/thesis.htm
Sculpture History
Essay by Gail Lang on the history of sculpture, including the Italian masters Michelangelo and Donatello.
http://www.pride-net.com/1998/april/sculpture/history.htm
Sculptured Stones of Early Medieval Scotland
The University of Glasgow research project aims to create a record of these monuments using traditional and digital techniques, including three dimensional modelling.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Archaeology/resources/SSEMS_web/default.html
Sensuality in Memorial Art
Illustrated and referenced essay on the role of sensuality and the classic nude figure in memorial and cemetery sculpture around the world. From Northstar Gallery.
http://northstargallery.com/pages/Sensualilty.htm
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
A searchable text and image database. A British Academy Research Project hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art.
http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/
The Tello Obelisk
Photographs, description and discussion by James Q. Jacobs of this prehistoric carved granite monolith from Chav?n de Huant?r in Peru, with bibliography.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tello.html
Tribute to Four Sculptors from Zimbabwe
John and Bernard Takawira, Brighton Sango and Henry Munyaradzi created a vital African movement in modern sculpture with their work in serpentine. On-line exhibition.
http://www.tamarin.com/shona/shondire1.html