Angels on high
Subtitle: Márton Váró's limestone angels on the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas
By: photographs by Roger Mallison ; text by Ronald G. Watson ; with selections from Márton Váró's photo journal.
Contributors: Watson, Ronald G., 1941-
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Fort Worth, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Váró, Márton.; Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth, Tex.); Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Texas -- Fort Worth.; Relief (Sculpture) -- Texas -- Fort Worth.; Limestone sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth.; Angels in art.
Description: "Marton Varo's imposing angels emerge dramatically from the facade of Bass Hall to herald the performing arts. Approximately forty-eight feet tall, the angels are several times larger than life. The carving and installation of such large high-relief sculptures was a daunting artistic and technical challenge. Varo carved three sets of smaller angels in preparation for work on the actual sculptures.

Limestone for the works was quarried near Austin, Texas, and transported to Irvine, California, where Varo carved the works in large numbered blocks. The delicate carving of the wings was done in Fort Worth."--BOOK JACKET.

"Informal photographs by Varo and others record the creation of the angels from quarrying of the limestone through the initial carving of the blocks. Rodger Mallison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram recorded the installation process almost daily. The result, featured in Angels on High, is a photographic chronicle of a major artistic project."--BOOK JACKET.