The Stone and its decor. Vial Edition
Editions Vial publishes 4 interesting works on the work of stone.
Volume 2: ornaments
Public: anyone interested in the size of the stone and ornamental sculpture: future artisans, young professionals as well as those who are more confirmed, specialized antique dealers, architects, lovers of old stones.
Continuation of the first volume published in 2012, this work remains in the pedagogical logic adopted by the author. The architectural elements are described in their varieties, their manufacture and, where appropriate, the indications for installation and implementation.
Indissociable from architecture, the ornaments that sublimate it are studied to give you another grid of reading monuments. The simplest molding is made to play with light and contributes to the perfection of the whole of an architecture.
Summary:
Tools for sculpture. Fountains and wells. The table base. The vases. Ornaments: ornate moldings, friezes, panels, foliage, cartouches, shells, garlands, cornucopias, modillions, consoles, corbelle, acanthus, pellets, palmette, rosette, pinnacles, florets, hooks.
