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From the Editors: Destruction In Ukraine Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2022-07-13
Early this Spring, while we were making notes for our editorial, we were taken aback by Russia’s unprovoked attack on the Ukrainian democracy in Eastern Europe. Immediately, we moved our initial notes aside and began reviewing the first reports of early devastation already being reported on in art news, including the destruction of 25 paintings by Ukrainian folk artist Maria Prymachenko, along with
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Sculptor’s Casting Materials: Complete Review of Materials Available Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Marc Fields
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A Monumental Challenge: Overseeing Thousands of Outdoor Sculptures at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Neela K. Wickremesinghe
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African Studies in the Field: Bringing The Work Back to the Studio Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Bart Walter
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Book Review: Jock Reynolds’ Biography of Manuel Neri Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Margaret Nicholson
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Art and Anatomy, Part IV: Sculpting Animals in Motion Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Sandy Scott
Every sculptor knows that it’s challenging to model an animal in motion including walking, running, jumping, or any pose that seems like a blur when observed in nature. Studying skeletons, muscles, waypoints, points of articulation, proportions of a specific species, and understanding Nature’s One Pattern regarding all vertebrates is invaluable knowledge for the sculptor and will initiate an understanding
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The Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden Plan Designing in Reverse Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-09-03 Gordon J. Alt
The article follows the history of the Hirshhorn Museum of Art’s Sculpture Garden in Washington DC and explores the highlights of the proposal that is being considered that will change the present sculpture garden design and layout. There is a summary of sculpture garden design throughout history and a review of the original garden that was designed by Gordon Bundshaft in 1974 and why it was changed
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Sculpture Basics: Armature, Clay, Tools & Instruction Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Karen Richardson
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Margaret French Cresson at Chesterwood Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-06-07 Dana Pilson
Margaret French Cresson (1889-1973) was the daughter of famed American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), who is well-known for his Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, and his seated figure of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Cresson was also a sculptor—she studied with her father, collaborated with him on works, and later became successful in the area of portraiture
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Art and Anatomy, Part III: Sculpting Outdoors in One Session Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Sandy Scott
Sculpting outdoors in one session from a live model can be a rewarding experience, but the situation for the artist is quite different from traditional studio work. The initial challenge is direct sunlight which makes oil-based plastilene clay sticky and difficult to work with unless the air is very cold. I typically set up a portable tripod sculpture stand in the shade, put my clay in a metal bucket
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Escapes to Nature: Pocket Parks and Intimate Green Spaces Around Manhattan Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Rita Bartolo
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From the Offices of the National Sculpture Society Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Michel Langlais
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Sculptor’s Mold-Making Materials: Complete Review of Materials Available Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Marc Fields
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Prix De West: The World’s Premier Western Art Exhibition & Sale Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Blaine Smith
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The Land Art Movement and its Continued Influence into the 21st Century Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Gordon Alt
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Sculpture’s Tools & Materials: Their Origin and Birth Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Bruner Felton Barrie
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Toppling Statues: Iconoclasm Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Tuck Langland
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StickWork in Nature: Sculpture by Patrick Dougherty Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Dorothy Juhlin Bank
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Reflections on a Father’s Recent Work Sergey Eylanbekov and the Making of the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Sculptures Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Gabriella Elanbeck
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The Future of Public Sculpture (The Elephant in the Room) Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Robin Salmon,Gordon Alt
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Paul Moore’s Centennial Land Run Monument Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Gordon Alt
In 2019, Sculptor Paul Moore FNSS completed his monument of the 1889 Centennial Land Run in Oklahoma City, OK. It took him over twenty years to complete this powerful work, which is one of the largest monuments in the world. It stretches over an area slightly larger than a football field and contains forty-five powerful sculptures of horsemen and wagons racing over the Oklahoma landscape of hills and
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“So Close to the Banks of Oblivion” An American Master is Rediscovered Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Steven D. Branting
Inattention has doomed too many masters. Without provenance, context or an appreciation for cultural continuity, artistic treasures become disposable bric-a-brac. And so it nearly was for two companion bianco Carrara marbles that had lain unattested for decades in the storage of a small Idaho museum. Now proven by extensive research to be the works of sculptor Madison Colby (1842-1871), the 19-inch
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Guest Editorial Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-10-08 Margaret Nicholson
Michel Langlais, President of the National Sculpture Society, has succinctly summarized the issues that have brought us to this state, and we are asking the loaded question: do we need monuments? Indeed, if we followed the injunction of Exodus 20:4 and made no graven images, we would not have these problems. I hope that we continue to not only seek out more ideas on what to do with the old, but also
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Confederate Monuments: Removal, Defacing, or Destruction Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Carol Dauber
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The Original Plan for the Theodore Roosevelt Monument Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Donald Martin Reynolds
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The National Sculpture Society’s Dexter Jones Affiliated Residency at Chesterwood: A Pilot Program Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Donna Hassler
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Art and Anatomy, Part II: Bird Sculpture Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Sandy Scott
An understanding of the important bones, joints, muscles, where they attach, and how they articulate is necessary for the bird sculptor. In addition to this knowledge, the bird sculptor must know the major feather groups. The feather sets are basic, and every bird has the same groupings.
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Remaking History Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Joe Nazzaro
This article follows Wesley Wofford’s Journey to Freedom Harriet Tubman monument. From its origins as a private commission, to becoming a much needed and relevant voice during these tumultuous times, Harriet Tubman is a historic figure that inspires hope in everyone. The poetic parallels of this statue traveling around the country during the Black Lives Matter movement is nothing short of serendipitous
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The Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument for Central Park, New York City Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Meredith Bergmann
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Art: A Champion for Endangered Wildlife Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Loti Woods,Dale Weiler
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Southern Light in a Beautiful Sculpture Garden Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Lauren Joseph
Much has been written about the value of art in our society and one of the things that the arts do so effectively is communicate the feelings and emotions of living through a specific time in history. In 2020, the world is going through a very challenging time. Bruce Munro, a British artist whose works are in large-scale and experiential, hopes that his art can speak to that challenge. In a recent
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The J. Sanford Saltus Award Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Peter Van Alfen
This article traces the origins and recent developments of the J. Sanford Saltus Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medallic Art. Initiated in 1913 at the American Numismatic Society (ANS) and first awarded in 1919, the Saltus Award continued to be one of the most prestigious and most coveted awards for sculptors and other artists engaged in numismatic design and handheld sculpture.
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American Medal and Coin Designers and the United States Mint Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Heidi Wastweet
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Introduction from the Editors Medallic Art in America and Abroad Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Robin R. Salmon
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The Contemporary Art Medal in America Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Eugene Daub, Bev Mazze
First was the formation of the American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA) by a group of sculptors, supported by other visual artists, art historians, museum curators, medal collectors and art columnists, who were determined to keep the art form alive. The eventual success of this undertaking was due in no small part to one of AMSA’s founding members, John Cook, a professor of sculpture at Penn
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Stories in Your Pocket: How FIDEM Influenced US Medallic Art Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Jeanne Stevens-Sollman
Fédération Internationale des Éditeurs de Medailles (FIDEM) is a medallic organization consisting now of over 40 countries. FIDEM was founded in France in 1937 by mint directors and friends in order to establish a community of artists, scholars, and patrons of medallic art, encouraging mint artists to create medals of their own choosing, holding Congresses to share medal exhibits, lectures, and techniques
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The Four Decade Career of Sculptor Candyce Garrett Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Deb Culig,Joe Kenney
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Andrea Verrocchio and His Followers: An Exhibition Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Gordon Alt
Fifty exceptional works of Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) are on exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. This important exhibit has sculpture, paintings and drawings of one of the most important Renaissance Masters of the fourteenth century. While considered foremost a master sculptor along with Donatello and Michelangelo, he was also noted for his important innovations in painting
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Dance in Sculpture of the Early 20th Century Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Tatiana Portnova
This article is concerned with the ratio of plastic arts as exemplified by sculptural works depicting dances of the early 20th century. Special attention is paid to the Greek motives in the Russian art of this period, which became the subject of inexhaustible aesthetic and artistic interest. The representation of ancient dance motifs, their figurative image and the nature of antiquity in sculptural
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Butter Sculpture: The History of an Unconventional Medium Sculpture Review Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Pamela H. Simpson
With its roots in ancient food molds and table art for Renaissance banquets, butter sculpture in the United States debuted during the centennial and flourished in the first quarter of the twentieth century. As the dairy industry moved from farm to regional cooperative creameries and eventually to national brands, butter sculpture appeared at fairs and expositions. Both amateur and professional sculptors