Abraham Lincoln Sculpture: Created by Avard Fairbanks

By Eugene F. Fairbanks

Book Overview

This book will be of interest to Lincoln scholars, and artists engaged in creating sculpture using waste molds for the lost wax method, marble sculpting, and bas relief sculpture. Many photos and illustrations showing each step of processes.Avard T. Fairbanks created nearly 100 public monuments and many other fine masterpieces of art during his career as a professional sculptor spanning more than 75 years. Among these, a significant number were of Abraham Lincoln for locations throughout the United States. This collection is intended to promote the ideals that Abraham Lincoln personified. Included are many illustrations showing how a monumental sculpture is created.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972584102
• ISBN13: 9780972584104
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Fairbanks Arts and Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 15 years and up