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 Starting Points: Guide to Sculpture
 REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.
R 709 Pel Mul Sculpture in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain 1400-1500 Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 709 Pel Sey Sculpture in Italy: 1400-1500  Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 09 Pel Whi Sculpture in Britain: 1530-1830 Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 709 Pel Wil 

Gothic Sculpture – 1140-1300                                                         

Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 709.034 Nov Painting and Sculpture in Europe – 1700-1789 Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 709.4 Ham Painting and Sculpture in Europe – 1880-1940 Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 709.43 Ost Painting and Sculpture in Germany & the Netherlands – 1500-1600 Part of The Pelican History of Art series.
R 730.92 S Famous Sculptors and Sculpture Prominent sculptors from antiquity-19th century in this 1896 2nd ed.
R 730.922 M New Dictionary of Modern Sculpture Hundreds of sculptors and their works. Over 500 photos.
R 730.973 R  American Women Sculptors 100s sculptors; Native Americans-modern times. Many photos.
R 734 Dub Sculpture: The Great Art of the Middle Ages from the 5th to 15th Century        This coffee-tabled size book documents medieval European sculpture through text & 190 colored & 330 b & w reproductions.
CIRCULATING BOOKS
730.924 Claudel C Camille Claudel: A Life
730.924 Michelangelo David: By the Hand of Michelangelo – The Original Model Discovered
730.924 Moore Homage to Henry Moore
730.924 Rodin  Rodin
730.924 Saint-Gaudens Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens
731 Eli Sculpture: Techniques in Clay, Wax, Slate
731.4 Pad The Process of Sculpture
731.4 Scu  The Sculptor’s Handbook
731.42 Mol The Clay Modeling Handbook: Learning from the Masters 
731.42 Nig Sculpting Clay
731.42 Spe Images in Clay Sculpture: Historical and Contemporary Techniques
FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 730.9-734
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject search for this topic is sculpture.
eBOOKS
You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers, located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com.  Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well.  See a reference librarian for more details.
FINDING ARTICLES
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
WEBSITES
Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Internationally acclaimed sculptor Albin Polasek settled in Winter Park in 1949. Visit the Polask Web site or his home/museum at 633 Osceola Ave, just a block from the Library.
International Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Part of the Smithsonian, this museum focuses on 20th and 21st century work from all over the world.
International Sculpture Center For sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries & museums—& interested in and committed to sculpture.
National Sculpture Society The National Sculpture Society promotes figurative and realist sculpture throughout the United States.


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