Stone Carving for the Home and Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stone Carving for the Home and Garden write by Steve Bisco. This book was released on 2012. Stone Carving for the Home and Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based mainly on the period styles of carving found in historic buildings and ancient ruins, this book features projects which include a mix of decorative and sculptural objects that can be easily displayed in the home or garden.
Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition
Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition write by Pat Sagui. This book was released on 2016-12-01. Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides information for incorporating natural stone in a landscape and step-by-step instructions for a number of popular stone projects. Contains more than 335 color photos and 40 illustrations.
The Stone Carvers
The Stone Carvers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stone Carvers write by Marjorie Hunt. This book was released on 2007-08-01. The Stone Carvers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marjorie Hunt presents the lives and careers of two Italian American master stone carvers, Roger Morigi and Vincent Palumbo, who have spent decades creating the sculptural works, such as gargoyles, grotesques, capitals, pinnacles, saints, and angels that embellish Washington National Cathedral. Exploring the carvers' underlying aesthetic attitudes, Hunt reveals the spirit of creativity and mastery that infuses their work. The book records the stone-carving process, highlighting the carvers' complex body of technical knowledge—their opinions of various stones, their preferred tools for different stages of carving, and their techniques for achieving effects of light and shadow.
Sculpture in Stone
Sculpture in Stone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sculpture in Stone write by Camí. This book was released on 2001. Sculpture in Stone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Art teachers, students, and ambitious amateurs all will value this copiously illustrated volume. It presents both a general overview of sculpture and a practical guide to working in stone. All important stone-working equipment and tools are shown, from compass and calipers to chisels, mallets, saws, sanders, and drills. Examples of finished pieces are shown from all over the world, and cover many historical eras, including statues and relief carvings from ancient Egypt and the Orient, marble masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance, and abstract figures from the modern era. Different types of stone are shown and described, including alabaster, most often used in small-scale pieces, as well as sandstone, granite, and marble. Practical instruction includes methods of measuring and copying in stone from a clay model. Step-by-step photo essays show several different contemporary works in progress, starting with a rough stone slab and progressing to completion and installation of a finished sculpture. Examples range in scale from small figurines to public monuments. Hundreds of full-color photos show the artist's studio, the processes of stone working, and magnificent examples of world famous artworks in stone. Other informative features include a six-page glossary of stone-working terms and a brief bibliography. Here is a fine reference volume for artists and craftsmen--but also a book for the personal library of every general reader who has an interest in sculpture and the fine arts.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cutting for Stone write by Abraham Verghese. This book was released on 2012-05-17. Cutting for Stone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
