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An edition of The Stone Carvers (1999)

The stone carvers

master craftsmen of Washington National Cathedral

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"Marjorie Hunt presents the lives and careers of two Italian American master stone carvers - Roger Morigi and Vincent Palumbo - who have spent decades creating the sculptural works, such as gargoyles, grotesques, capitals, pinnacles, saints, and angels, that embellish Washington National Cathedral. Exploring the carvers' underlying aesthetic attitudes, Hunt reveals the spirit of creativity and mastery that infuses their work.

She describes their backgrounds and apprenticeships in Italy, showing how memory and tradition continue to shape their art. The book records the stone-carving process, highlighting the carvers' complex body of technical knowledge - their opinions of various stones, their preferred tools for different stages of carving, and their techniques for achieving effects of light and shadow."--BOOK JACKET.

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Smithsonian Institution Press
Language
English
Pages
188

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Subjects
Washington Cathedral, Stone carvers, Biography, Stone carving
People
Roger Morigi (1907-1995), Vincent Palumbo (1936-)
Places
United States

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The Stone Carvers: Master Craftsmen of Washington National Cathedral
September 4, 2007, Smithsonian
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The stone carvers: master craftsmen of Washington National Cathedral
1999, Smithsonian Institution Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184) and index.

Published in
Washington
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
730/.92/273, B
Library of Congress
NB237.M613 H86 1999, NB237.M613H86 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 188 p. :
Number of pages
188

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35257M
Internet Archive
stonecarversmast00hunt
ISBN 10
1560988290
LCCN
99019958
OCLC/WorldCat
40821101
Library Thing
1211628
Goodreads
456635

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