Abstract
This chapter focuses on the study of sculpture. The study of sculpture is an integral part of the study of the fine arts. While there are many important works devoted to sculpture, nevertheless a great deal of information is contained in the more general works such as the histories of art in different countries. A survey of the aesthetics of sculpture is provided by Herbert Read's The Art of Sculpture, London, 1956; this consists of the A. W. Mellon lectures in the Fine Arts in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954. More specialized works are Alfred Maskell's Wood Sculpture, London, 1911, and the same author's Ivories, London, 1905, both published in The Connoisseu’ s Library. For medieval sculpture, the best introductory guides are undoubtedly the national histories of art; however, one important work that should be mentioned is Arthur Kingsley Porter's Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads, published in 10 volumes, Boston, 1923, with a valuable and extensive collection of plates. There are numerous works on contemporary sculpture.
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