Modelling and Sculpture: A Guide to Traditional Methods

by Albert Toft

Overview

"Give(s) in detail every process and method of the sculptor's craft with a fullness to be found in no other works." — Encyclopedia Britannica
A student of the great Edouard Lanteri and a celebrated sculptor in his own right, Albert Toft created this manual to offer students every practical detail necessary for a complete knowledge of modeling and sculpture. Both professionals and amateurs will find Toft's experienced guidance a valuable help in surmounting difficulties and avoiding errors. Topics include:
•Modelling a portrait bust
•Casting
•Modelling for terra-cotta, in relief, and for bronze
•Modelling in clay as a prelude to working in stone and wood
Thirty-six plates and eighty-two line illustrations enhance this manual, and a helpful glossary defines the most common terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486435114
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/18/2004
Series:	Dover Art Instruction
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I
I.	A Short Description of the Progress made in England during the last Thirty Years	19
II.	The Importance of Good Training, and the Facilities afforded the Student in various Art Schools	26
III.	Modelling in its Elementary Stage and the Technique	33
IV.	Modelling a Portrait Bust	46
V.	Building up a Figure or Group in the Round	72
VI.	Waste Moulding and Casting	90
VII.	The Process of Gelatine Moulding and Casting	122
VIII.	Modelling for Terra-Cotta	135
IX.	Modelling in Relief	152
X.	Modelling for Bronze, &c.	175
XI.	Making a Model in Clay to be carried out afterwards in Marble or other Stone	197
XII.	Making a Model in Clay to becarried out in Wood for Architectural Decoration, Interior and Exterior	208
XIII.	Colouring, Waxing, and Bronzing Plaster Casts	217
XIV.	Enlarging a Small Model to Heroic Size by the Chassis	237
XV.	Marble Carving	246
XVI.	A Final Note	260
Part II
	A Few Masterpieces Considered	265