Handbook of Sculpture
Ancient and Modern (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Handbook of Sculpture: Ancient and Modern<br><br>The chief object in reprinting the following pages is to supply a want that has been felt by students in sculpture who have desired to know something more of their art than the merely technical processes to be learnt in academies, schools, or the workshops of sculptors. The writer remembers when he would have been glad to know where to find some elementary work that would afford information upon the history of the art, and give a greater interest to its practice, by shewing its rise and condition in ancient times, and especially pointing out the steps by which it reached the eminence it attained among the Greeks. No such work in English was in existence.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.