Modelling; a guide for teachers and students (1902)
Lanteri, Ed, d. 1917 · London : Chapman and Hall, Ltd. · leaf 288
good taste. The action for a single figureas well as for a group in sculptureis suggested to the artist, or per-haps I should say limited, by thepurely material necessities of hisart ; he has to vary them withthe different materials employedin sculpture. Before I start on the subjectof composition… … WOOD Fig. 126.—Diagram showingAN Exaggerated Propor-tion OF THE Rock to theFigure. Sculpture in wood is more suitable for gesture than instone and marble. A fibrous, compact, and comparatively lightsubstance, wood has more power of bearing than stone and 14-4 Modelling marble, and consequently it…
Modeling · Sculpture
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