Directory of History Resources

Sites relating to sculpture and sculptors of the past.

Subcategories

Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture

http://www.ascorpus.ac.uk/
The University of Durham hosts information on this publication project. Includes images and a map showing the counties covered by each volume.
Glasgow - City of Sculpture

http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/
Over 200 biographies of sculptors and architects, with hundreds of photographs covering the history of sculpture in Glasgow.
Sensuality in Memorial Art

http://northstargallery.com/pages/Sensualilty.htm
Illustrated and referenced essay on the role of sensuality and the classic nude figure in memorial and cemetery sculpture around the world. From Northstar Gallery.
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/
A searchable text and image database. A British Academy Research Project hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art.
The Tello Obelisk

http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tello.html
Photographs, description and discussion by James Q. Jacobs of this prehistoric carved granite monolith from Chavín de Huantár in Peru, with bibliography.
Wodan Still Speaks

http://www.angelfire.com/retro/wodanspeaks/
Photographs by Guido Deseijn and Gerda Verheeke of Romanesque and Gothic sculptures on medieval religious buildings in Europe, suspected to represent the old pagan god Wodan or Odin.

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