Nigel Konstam
Biographic Data
| ID | 5891626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nigel Konstam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nigel |
| FAMILY NAME | Konstam |
| SIGNATURE | KONSTAM N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Casting the Riace Bronzes (2)
The discovery presented in this paper may reshape the stylistic history of Greek art. It is that the torso and limbs of the Riace Bronzes were cast from life, rather than having been previously modelled in clay
Casting the Riace Bronzes
This article argues that classical archaeologists have seriously underestimated the output of heat required to melt a large quantity of bronze and therefore have wrongly reconstructed the ancient casting process. The idea that sufficient metal for casting a bronze of monumental proportions could be heated in a crucible with a charcoal fire ventilated by bellows is not realistic. The following observations are based on solid foundry experience: Ni…
Rembrandt's House
Lost Wax Investment Casting
Cast Metals Technology
What Is Modern Sculpture
Contemporary Stone Sculpture
Sculpture
Aesthetics and the Artist Today (Continued)
A Sculptor's Manual
A Sculptor's Manual focuses on the methods involved in sculpture. The manual first outlines drawing as a medium by which artistic creativity can evolve. The text notes that mastery of this talent can enable artists to become more analytical in their appreciation of their fellow beings, as well as bring out the inventive faculties in them in many ways. The book also discusses direct carving and the use of cartoons and automatic tools in carving. T…
A Case for Figurative Art Today
The author outlines three schools of figurative art as he sees them. He prefers the third school, of which Rembrandt was the great turning point. He puts forward a theory about the role of culture and the imagination in the creative-appreciative process, calling upon Coleridge, Livingston Lowes and Bertrand Russell as witnesses. A description of the spatial, architectural and rhythmic traditions that particularly interest him is given. The struct…
The Venice Biennial, 1895-1968
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The Venice Biennial, 1895-1968
A Case for Figurative Art Today
The author outlines three schools of figurative art as he sees them. He prefers the third school, of which Rembrandt was the great turning point. He puts forward a theory about the role of culture and the imagination in the creative-appreciative process, calling upon Coleridge, Livingston Lowes and Bertrand Russell as witnesses. A description of the spatial, architectural and rhythmic traditions that particularly interest him is given. The struct…
Contemporary Stone Sculpture
Sculpture
Aesthetics and the Artist Today (Continued)
A Sculptor's Manual
A Sculptor's Manual focuses on the methods involved in sculpture. The manual first outlines drawing as a medium by which artistic creativity can evolve. The text notes that mastery of this talent can enable artists to become more analytical in their appreciation of their fellow beings, as well as bring out the inventive faculties in them in many ways. The book also discusses direct carving and the use of cartoons and automatic tools in carving. T…
What Is Modern Sculpture
Cast Metals Technology
Rembrandt's House
Lost Wax Investment Casting
Casting the Riace Bronzes
This article argues that classical archaeologists have seriously underestimated the output of heat required to melt a large quantity of bronze and therefore have wrongly reconstructed the ancient casting process. The idea that sufficient metal for casting a bronze of monumental proportions could be heated in a crucible with a charcoal fire ventilated by bellows is not realistic. The following observations are based on solid foundry experience: Ni…
Casting the Riace Bronzes (2)
The discovery presented in this paper may reshape the stylistic history of Greek art. It is that the torso and limbs of the Riace Bronzes were cast from life, rather than having been previously modelled in clay
Art (10 works) · Visual arts (8 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (4 works) · Casting (4 works) · Materials Science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Metallurgy (3 works) · Sculpture (3 works) · Visual Culture and Art Theory (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)