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- Wikipedia (15)
Stone sculpture and carving pages in Wikipedia.
The links
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http://www.artandarchitecture.co.uk/
Art & Architecture is a practitioner led-alliance promoting interaction between artist and architects. Established in 1982, Art & Architecture has been an active proponent for many of the key initiatives of the last two decades, and continues to encourage dialogue between architects, engineers, planners, developers and artists.
Location: UK.
2457. Updated 14-Sep-2001 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.artcreationsafrica.com/
Art Creations Africa's mission is the support of all the stone artists working in Zimbabwe through the sale and marketing in Cape Town (South Africa) of their hard stone sculptures.
Location: South Africa (Western Cape).
3326. Updated 26-Jan-2007 by Jannetta Bekker. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/stones/
Describes the source and appearance of many of the stones used in building Washington, D.C. Each building shows important features of various stones and the geologic environment in which they were formed. A map and a walking tour guide are included to help you discover Washington's building stones on your own. (U.S. Geological Survey).
Location: USA (Washington DC).
760. Updated 09-Aug-2000 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/
Canadian photographer. Website has photos of stone quarries in Vermont, Carrara and Makrana.
Location: Canada (Ontario).
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http://www.carvedstonesscotland.org/
Aims to raise awareness of the threats to Scottish carved stones of all periods, to promote their understanding and appreciation, and to encourage a common approach to their recording, publication and preservation.
Location: UK (Scotland).
2858. Updated 13-Nov-2005 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.dur.ac.uk/corpus/index.php3
A project to identify, record and publish in a consistent format, the earliest English sculpture dating from the 7th to the 11th centuries.
Location: UK.
3033. Updated 9-Apr-2006 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (CRSBI) is an evolving electronic archive of British and Irish Romanesque stone sculpture. Romanesque sculpture marks a high point of artistic production in Britain and Ireland, corresponding to the boom in high-quality building that followed the Norman Conquest in 1066, and reflecting a new set of links with mainland Europe. A good deal of this sculpture remains in parish churches and cathedrals, houses and halls, castles and museums throughout these isles.
Location: UK.
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http://www.desteentypograaf.nl/
Steen is een miljoenen jaren oude materie. Letters die in steen zijn uitgehouwen zijn bijna net zo oud als het schrift zelf. Steen was- en is- bij uitstek geschikt om teksten in te graveren die de eeuwigheid moeten trotseren. Maar alleen met een zorgvuldig ontwerp krijgt de steen de levendigheid die bij machinaal beletterde stenen ontbreekt. De Steentypograaf werkt sinds 1994 volgens deze principes, in de traditie van de kunstacademie waar zij haar studie Grafisch en Typografisch ontwerpen heeft voltooid. Ofschoon de Romeinse kapitaal wordt gezien als de inscriptieletter bij uitstek is het niet nodig zich te beperken tot dat ene alfabet. De beitel kan net zo goed andere lettervormen uithouwen zoals onderkast en cursief, letters met forse schreven of juist schreefloos, en natuurlijk versierselen. De stijlkeuze is afhankelijk van de steensoort, de locatie, de boodschap e.d. Ontwerpt en hakt uw sokkel, gedenksteen, grafmonument, eerste steen, geboortesteentje, relatiegeschenk, tuinsteen, afbeelding in lijn en reliëf, (openbare) kunst, gevelbelettering, bewegwijzering. Ook voor polychromeren en vergulden, kalligrafie en glasgraveren.
Location: Netherlands (Noord-Holland).
3496. Updated 01-Feb-2008 by De Steentypograaf Sacha de Leeuw. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/zimbabwe/art/sculptors/mcewen.html
Joceline Mawdsley Former Exhibitions Curator Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Location: Zimbabwe.
800. Updated 09-Sep-2000 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.granitemuseum.com/
Learn for the masters in Barre Vermont the "Carrara of America" and unlock the mysteries of one of nature's hardest materials.
Location: USA (Barre, Vermont).
3408. Updated 01-Jun-2007 by Joshua Farrington. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/zimbabwe/art/sculptors/history.html
George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University.
Location: Zimbabwe.
798. Updated 09-Sep-2000 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/zimbabwe/art/sculptors/history1.html
Joceline Mawdsley Former Exhibitions Curator Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Location: Zimbabwe.
799. Updated 09-Sep-2000 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.limestonesculptureanalysis.com/
Many medieval sculptures were removed from their original monuments long ago and eventually sold to private and public collections. Art historians can suggest an original site of a sculpture on the basis of stylistic analysis, but now scientists have developed a powerful technology, neutron activation analysis. Data stored in the Missouri University Research Reactor Database allow scholars to: group sculptures thought to have a common origin, based on the hypothesis that like composition implies a common stone source; relate sculpture of unknown origin to a monument or to the region or quarry that may have furnished stone for its production; and answer questions about building campaigns.
Location: USA (Berkeley, California & New York City).
792. Updated 20-Jul-2006 by Georgia Wright. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca/materialsinuit.htm
Article describing various types of stone and other materials used in Inuit sculpture. Also numerous photos of examples of different Inuit sculpture carved from different types of stone. Free Spirit Gallery specializes in Inuit and Northwest Native art. The website also has many other information resource articles and eCards.
Location: Canada (Montréal).
2599. Updated 29-Jan-2005 by Clint Leung. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.naturalstonephotography.com/
Through the Lens of a Natural Stone Photography -"For most people, the combination of extreme weather, salt air and cold granite would not constitute an eye-catching or appealing photography subject. Les sees such scenery differently. He captures the essence and beauty of natural stone through the lens of his camera. Using the natural light reflected off the Atlantic Ocean, Les’ work, such as, “Chapters on a Quarry Wall” and “Below the Keystone Bridge” are impressive images of a stone industry long forgotten. The way Les beautifully captured the old drill marks, weathered quarry benches, and spectrum of colors bleeding out from the oxidizing granite was inspirational, and it also supported my belief that stone, a product of nature, is a green material, and its extraction only leaves a temporary scar on the landscape." from 'The Challenging Task of Teaching Green' by Dan Ouellette, Stone World, May 2006
Location: USA (Cape Ann, Massachusetts).
3512. Updated 28-Jan-2008 by Leslie D. Bartlett. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/
View brick and stone sculpture in the Celtic and Gothic tradition, take virtual tours of Gothic cathedrals, learn more about medieval architecture in the Gothic 'Field Guide' and more ... at NewYorkCarver.com.
Location: USA (New York).
126. Updated 10-Jul-1999 by Joe Chiffriller. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Sculpture/
ODP Visual Arts category
1000. Updated 04-Sep-2004 Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.parkbenchgallery.com/
Park Bench Gallery exhibits Artworks from a wide variety of prominent Zimbabwean sculptors including Dominic Benhura. The site houses an extensive collection of biographies on contemporary sculptors working in Zimbabwe with stone.
Location: South Africa (Cape Town).
3176. Updated 8-Aug-2006 by Glenn Sullivan. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://www.pictishstone.freeuk.com/
This site details the carving of one of the finest Pictish monuments in Scotland - The Hilton of Cadboll stone.
Location: UK (Scotland).
1186. Updated 28-Jul-2001 by Barry Grove. Last checked 10-May-2008. -
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/
It's about granite.
Location: USA (Texas).
2997. Updated 20-Jan-2006 Last checked 10-May-2008.
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