The Art of Stoneworking
The Art of Stoneworking
A Reference Guide
Author:
Peter Rockwell
Published:
February 1994
Availability:
Unavailable - out of print March 1998
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780521413329
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This book, intended as a reference guide for conservators, restorers, art historians and archaeologists, describes the various phases of the working of stone and follows the basic techniques and some of the most used variants. Using a serious of stone monuments of different types and eras as illustrations, both the techniques and the ways of recording them are demonstrated. This book provides anyone who has an interest in looking at works of art in stone with a means of understanding the techniques which went into their making.
- The first book to deal with the history and techniques of the art of working in stone
- A basic redference for all professionals: restorers, art historians, archaeologists, architects
- The 'how' and 'why' of stonecarving through the ages
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'… explains the secrets of the mason's trade in minute detail.' Architect's Journal
Product details
February 1994Hardback
9780521413329
329 pages
254 × 179 × 23 mm
0.947kg
125 b/w illus. 10 tables
Unavailable - out of print March 1998
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles of stoneworking
- 3. Stone
- 4. Tools
- 5. Tool drawings
- 6. Methods
- 7. Architectural process
- 8. Sculptural process
- 9. Design and process
- 10. The project
- 11. Quarrying
- 12. Moving, transport and lifting
- 13. Workshop organisation
- 14. Carving without quarrying and the re-use of stone
- 15. The history of stoneworking technology
- 16. Documentation I
- 17. Documentation drawings
- 18. Documentation of major monuments
- 19. Computer documentation
- 20. Conclusion.
