| Title: | Sculptures of all types – Marble sculpture |
| Original Title: | Sculptures en tous genres – Travail du marbre |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 8 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Sculptures of all types – Marble sculpture." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.600>. Trans. of "Sculptures en tous genres – Travail du marbre," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Sculptures of all types – Marble sculpture." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.600 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Sculptures en tous genres – Travail du marbre," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
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Marble Sculpture.
Plate I: Sculpture, Various Operations for Marble Sculpture and Tools
Plate II: Sculpture, Plan, Cut and Elevation, Perspective of the Modelling-Stand Used to Rest the Marble Block
Plate III: Sculpture, Square, Grinding Stone, Tools, Etc.
Plate IV: Sculpture, Various Tools to Sculpt Marble and Machine Used to Transport Sculpted Figures
Plate V: Sculpture, Operation of Dragging Marble and Machine to Raise the Figures
