The Craftsman Revealed
Subtitle: Adrien De Vries, Scupltor in Bronze
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: July 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780892369195
Subjects: Reference; Art / General; Individual Artist; Sculpture; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Bronze founding; Bronze sculpture, Baroque; California; Conservation and restoration; Los Angeles
Description: "A master of composition and technique, De Vries was relatively unknown until the J. Paul Getty Museum's groundbreaking 1999 exhibition, Adriaen de Vries: Imperial Sculptor, which firmly established the artist's reputation and afforded a rare opportunity to study in depth a large group of bronzes. This heavily illustrated volume presents the results of the technical study of twenty-five bronzes from the exhibition. Introductory chapters provide background on the artist and technical methodologies. Subsequent chapters present case studies of individual statues, revealing the methods and materials used in their creation"--Publisher's website.