Contents

Contents : the first sculptors - from stone tools to clay sculptures -- Pharaohs and gods - Ancient Egyptian sculpture -- Masterpieces in marble - from ancient Greece to Rome -- Buddhas and warriors - the mysteries of the east -- dreaming spires - the cathedrals of medieval Europe -- a world in clay - Central and South American potters -- the genius of Michelangelo - breathing life into cold marble -- a horseman in bronze - casting a statue -- in a sculptor’s studio - Rodin and Degas -- from nature ... to sculpture - masks and fetishes -- making faces - new ideas, new materials -- scrap-metal sculptors - twentieth-century experiments -- finding out more ... styles in sculpture -- famous sculptors -- useful words -- index -- time line -- key to stickers.