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Sculpture

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Acropolis Museum
  2. Angel of the North
  3. Artcyclopedia - Frank Gehry
  4. Artizana
  5. ArtScape for Artists and Art Lovers
  6. Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors
  7. Glasgow: City of Sculpture
  8. H. A. A. Hartill Art Associates
  9. HELIX: Higher Education Library Image eXchange
  10. International Sculpture Center
  11. Lost Gallery
  12. National Gallery of Art
  13. Perseus Project
  14. Roland Collection
  15. Royal British Society of Sculptors
  16. Sculpture at Goodwood
  17. VADS: Visual Arts Data Service
  18. Victoria and Albert Museum

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Acropolis Museum
Considered one of the most important museums in the world, it temporarily houses masterpieces of the ancient Greek civilization dedicated to the 'temenos' of Athena Parthenos. The collections include temple pediments and sculptures from the Archaic period, the Parthenon frieze and sculpted figures dated to around 500 BC.
     Author: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
     Subjects: european museums, greek history, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 069
     Resource type: museum
Angel of the North
The Angel of the North is a landmark at the entrance to Tyneside, intended to greet visitors as they reach Gateshead by road or rail. This resource provides background information on the Angel, a factsheet, technical details, historical notes, an account of the engineering behind the art, a selection of photographs, and general details of Gateshead Council's work to install art in public places.
     Author: Gateshead Council
     Subjects: sculpture
     DeweyClass: 730
     Resource type: documents, images
Artcyclopedia - Frank Gehry
Offers resources pertaining to the influential contemporary architect, sculptor, and designer. Includes links to online exhibitions, articles, and biographies.
     Author: Malyon, John, Artcyclopedia
     Subjects: architects, architecture links, art links, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 720.22
     Resource type: index
Artizana
A showcase of contemporary British arts and crafts selected by the Crafts Council since 1985. Artizana covers all major arts and crafts disciplines including calligraphy, furniture, glass, ceramics, sculpture, silver, wood, textiles and jewellery.
     Author: Ghazoul, Jemila & Ghazoul, Ramez
     Subjects: artists, furniture, pottery, sculpture, textiles
     DeweyClass: 730
     Resource type: image collection, productinfo
ArtScape for Artists and Art Lovers
ArtScape is a dynamic online resource for artists and art lovers alike. The aim is to make contemporary art available to the public in a manner which is accessible as well as educational. Headings include ceramics, digital art, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture.
     Author: Ides Communications Group
     Subjects: computer art, modern art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: index
Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors
Covers all aspects of sculpture, including museums and exhibitions, stone and wood carving, mould making tips, types of sculpture, discussion groups and legal issues.
     Author: Collins, Richard
     Subjects: sculpture
     DeweyClass: 731
     Resource type: index
Glasgow: City of Sculpture
Searchable database of sculpture works in Glasgow, together with details of their locations, execution dates, and the artists involved. Provides biographies of individual sculptors or designers and architects, foundries, and builders, as well as a list of acronyms and a glossary of terms used in the field.
     Author: Nisbet, Gary & Gardner, Tim
     Subjects: scottish culture, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 914.1
     Resource type: documents, images
H. A. A. Hartill Art Associates
Image collection illustrating architecture, sculpture, and the decorative arts from prehistoric through to contemporary periods. Offers details of slide sets held by the organisation, photographic specifications for material, reproduction information, digitisation policy, and ordering procedures.
     Author: Hartill Art Associates
     Subjects: architecture links, art links, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: image collection
HELIX: Higher Education Library Image eXchange
A collection of over 52,000 images which are free for educational use by the UK higher education community. The collection comprises images of textiles, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, Chinese and Japanese art, Indian art, furniture, glass, photography, sculpture, costume, theatre and manuscripts, Picture Post magazine images (covering social history in Britain from 1938 to 1957), six areas of British history (the Irish troubles, history of sport, women's history, development of the mass media, UK politicians and Labour history), with editorial input from academics, journalists and archivists, and images from the James Valentine collection (a postcard archive of photography over the past 100 years), plus items from the George Cowie and Robert Adam photographic collections.
     Author: eLib
     Subjects: british history from 1800, computer graphics, ethnic art, media studies, northern ireland, photographs, political history, pottery, sculpture, textiles
     DeweyClass: 080
     Resource type: image collection
International Sculpture Center
The International Sculpture Center is a member-supported, nonprofit organisation founded in 1960. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums. The centre aims to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its contribution to society, expand public understanding and appreciation of sculpture internationally, demonstrate the power of sculpture to educate, effect social change, engage artists and arts professionals in a dialogue to advance the art form, and promote a supportive environment for sculpture and sculptors.
     Author: International Sculpture Center
     Subjects: sculpture
     DeweyClass: 730
     Resource type: documents
Lost Gallery
Situated in Aberdeenshire, this gallery is dedicated to the work of Scottish contemporary artists. Background information accompanies images of selected works from the featured artists such as Peter Goodfellow, Hector McNeil, Nael Hanna, Susan White-Oates, and Pat Semple. Additional works are represented by outdoor or indoor sculpture, and paintings by other housed artists.
     Author: Lost Gallery
     Subjects: art museums, modern art, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 708
     Resource type: image collection
National Gallery of Art
Gallery based in Washington DC. Holds national collections of European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected temporary exhibitions of art from countries and cultures throughout the world.
     Author: American National Gallery of Art
     Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, painting, sculpture, united states museums
     DeweyClass: 708
     Resource type: museum
Perseus Project
An interactive multimedia digital library for teaching and research designed to expand the ways in which ancient Greek literature, art and archaeology can be examined. The full text collection of Greek and Latin literature includes Julius Caesar, Cicero, Ovid, Vergil, Aeschylus, Aristotle, Euripides, Homer, Plato and Sophocles.
     Author: Tufts University
     Subjects: ancient philosophy, greek history, greek literature, latin, pottery, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 880
     Resource type: documents, image collection
Roland Collection
Resource guide to a collection of over 600 international films and videos on art, including painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, architecture, design, photography, video art and modern literature. Listed by period, subject, director, scriptwriter, narrator and title, with Real Video clips and the facility to order online.
     Author: Roland Collection
     Subjects: art education, photographs, sculpture, video
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: moving images, productinfo
Royal British Society of Sculptors
The RBS is a membership society for professional sculptors, founded in 1904 by a collective of eminent sculptors of the day. Features an online gallery of sculptors' works and a listing of events and activities.
     Author: Royal British Society of Sculptors
     Subjects: art exhibitions, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 730
     Resource type: documents, images
Sculpture at Goodwood
Describes a number of British sculptures sited at a sculpture garden in Goodwood, West Sussex in the UK. The resource provides a tour and map of the park and offers information on events, friends and sponsors of the collection. An archive section is organised alphabetically and contains biographical information about British sculptors whose work features at Goodwood.
     Author: Cass Sculpture Foundation
     Subjects: sculpture
     DeweyClass: 730
     Resource type: directory
VADS: Visual Arts Data Service
VADS provides the UK higher education community with access to digital research data appropriate for re-use, by building an on-line archive of electronic resources created by and of use to the visual arts community. These resources will adhere to agreed standards of best practice for the creation, management, preservation and access of electronic information.
     Author: VADS, Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College
     Subjects: art education, art research, painting, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: document collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
A museum dedicated to the decorative arts. The Victorian and Edwardian buildings house 145 galleries containing some of the world's greatest collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewellery, books, prints and photographs.
     Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
     Subjects: art museums, british museums, clothing, crafts, furniture, sculpture
     DeweyClass: 708
     Resource type: museum