Teachers' resource: Sculpture
This resource introduces teachers to the rich and varied collections of sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The projects include ideas on preparing for a visit, ac…
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Teachers' resource: Drawing in museums
This resource offers teachers advice, ideas and information for the effective use of drawing in a museum.
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Subjects for sculpture: guardian beasts
Animals are often portrayed as guardians in sculpture. These are commonly found on buildings, especially at entrances, and on funerary monuments and tombs, where they somet…
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Subjects for sculpture: portrait busts
Funerary monuments and portrait busts were the most common ways in which people were commemorated in sculpture. Sometimes the two were combined: a bust was placed on a fune…
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Carvings, Casts and Collectors: The Art of Renaissance Sculpture (Hardback)
This volume brings together new research by some of the world's leading experts, exploring the artistic production and cultural context of Renaissance…
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