Research Guides: Sculpture: Books

Browsing Sculpture

Use these call numbers to browse for books at the Cabell Library:

NB1-1952 -- Sculpture
NB60-1115 -- History
NB1120-1133 -- Study & Teaching
NB1160-1195 -- Designs & Techniques
NB1203-1270 -- Special Materials

Art Browsery

Look. Learn. Create.
Visit the Art Browsery on the 4th floor of Cabell Library to see a selection of new visually rich books available for checkout.

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Sculpture Books

50 Sculptures you should Know
Call Number: NB1142 .A13 2009
Each work is presented in spreads that offer beautiful photographs, biographical profiles of the artists, historical context, and anecdotal information.
The Elements of Sculpture
Call Number: NB1142.5 .G46 2014
The ultimate viewer's guide to experiencing art in three dimensions. The book provides readers with a new vocabulary for viewing and discussing this versatile art form.
Colour in Sculpture
Call Number: NB1275 .H34 2013
Within each cultural framework, characteristics are observable that suggest various reasons for the use of colour in sculpture including local preferences, customs or cultural requirements and an impulse to enhance the expression of the phenomenal.
Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Present Day
Call Number: NB60 .S3813 2010
Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, affords enlightening comparisons between eras and genres.
Sculpture since 1945
Call Number: NB198 .C35 1998
An account of the development of post-War sculpture, examines innovative and avant-garde works in relation to contemporary events, festivals, commissions, the marketplace, and the changing functions of museums.
Sculpture Today by Judith Collins
Call Number: NB198 .C65 2007
This beautifully illustrated book is a comprehensive overview of developments in the world of sculpture during the past fifty years.

Creative Research

Art Practice as Research
Call Number: N85 .S84 2010
Argues that legitimate research goals can be achieved by choosing different methods than those offered by the social sciences. Artists emphasize the role of the imaginative intellect in creating, criticizing, and constructing knowledge that not only is new but also has the capacity to transform human understanding.

Interlibrary Loan

If you can't find the book, article, or dissertation that you want at VCU, try these resources to find what you need.

ILL
Via Interlibrary Loan, you can order books, articles, and various items that VCU does not own.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch)
Consolidated catalog of items held by libraries worldwide.

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VCU access only
RALC
The Richmond Academic Library Consortium is a group of Richmond area libraries which have agreed to extend limited borrowing privileges to students, faculty, and staff of any RALC school.

Theses and Dissertations

Dissertations may be useful sources for researching the state of the field and the bibliographies can often provide a wealth of new sources.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (Proquest)
Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

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(1637 - present) VCU access only
Further Resources For Locating Dissertations