The Art of Splitting Stone
Author: Mary Elaine Gage
Publisher: Powwow River Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 0971791023
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The Art of Splitting Stone: Early Rock Quarrying Methods in Pre-Industrial New England 1630-1825 [3rd edition]
Author: Mary E. Gage
Publisher: Powwow River Books
Published: 2022-09-01
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1733805729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Art of Splitting Stone is a detailed study of the history, tools, and methods used to split, hoist, and transport quarried stone in pre-industrial New England (1630-1825). It is an invaluable resource for historians, archaeologists, and stone masons interested in identifying and dating early stone splitting and quarrying methods. The amateur researcher and avid outdoors person will find the book useful as a field guide to identifying split boulders and stone quarries abandoned in the woods.
The Art and Craft of Stonework
Author: David Reed
Publisher: Lark Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781579905200
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Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Random House India
Published: 2012-05-17
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 8184001754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
A Guide to New England Stone Structures
Author: Mary E. Gage
Publisher: Powwow River Books
Published: 2016-04-04
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 0981614183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Guide to New England Stone Structures is a basic field guide to identifying the many different types of stone structures found while hiking through the forest and conservation lands in New England.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
Author: Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 848
ISBN-13: 0195313917
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars." "Similar in design to The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, this one-volume reference work contains articles of various lengths in alphabetical order. The shorter, more factual articles are combined with larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of materials and techniques in various geographical locations. The Encyclopedia provides unparalleled scope and depth, and it offers fully updated articles and bibliography as well as over 150 illustrations and color plates." "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques offers scholarly information on materials and techniques in art for anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art. The entries are written to be accessible to a wide range of readers, and the work is designed as a reliable and convenient resource covering this essential area in the visual arts."
Stones for Building and Decoration
Author: George Perkins Merrill
Publisher:
Published: 1891
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum
Author: George Perkins Merrill
Publisher:
Published: 1889
Total Pages: 414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPotomac Marble: History of the Search for the Ideal Stone
Author: Paul Kreingold
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2023-02-20
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1467153176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn the history behind the re-building of the Capital City after the War of 1812. The destruction of Washington in 1814 by the invading British challenged President James Monroe & architect Benjamin Latrobe with the task of rebuilding the destroyed edifices of the city's public buildings. As symbols of the aspirations of the Republic, they had to be more than functional, they had to be beautiful. The building material they discovered and used to beautify the new Capitol was Potomac marble, which exists in abundance on both sides of the Potomac River, from Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia to Montgomery and Frederick Counties in Maryland. Local historian Paul Kreingold details Latrobe and Monroe's search for the ideal stone and their fight to use it to rebuild the chambers of the House and Senate.
Carving the Way of Stone -A Sculptor's Art
Author: Barry Baldwin
Publisher: Barry Baldwin
Published: 2020-11-11
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Carving The Way Of Stone – A Sculptor’s Art” provides a definitive and clear insight into the world of stone sculpture. Barry Baldwin, one of the most respected European sculptors, expounds in detail the knowledge gained over almost half a century from his ‘hands on’ experience in working stone. The wealth of information the book contains constitutes a valuable, must-read guide to sculptors at all levels, as well as those in the field of education and research who wish to be wisely informed. Not least, the book will also serve to enlighten and provide a clearer understanding to people who readily express a fascination for the subject of stone sculpture but all too often in the past have been left mystified by it. The book, comprising of 13 chapters, contains 150 photographs and illustrations, with written content amounting to 34,000 words.
