Art: Sculpture

The sculpture section include most forms of three dimensional art made by any material from butter to marble. Works can be figurative or abstract.

Degas, Edgar. Little Dancer aged 14.

To find resources in the catalog, try doing subject searches under sculpture related topics, such as:

Sculpture

<medium> sculpture such as:

• Bronze sculpture
• Ceramic sculpture
• Ice sculpture
• Marble sculpture

<religious group> sculpture such as:

• Coptic sculpture
• Buddhist sculpture
• Islamic sculpture

Sculpture, <nationality> such as

• Sculpture, Greek
• Sculpture, Mexican
• Sculpture, South African

Sculpture, <time period>

• Sculpture, Modern
• Sculpture, Medieval
• Sculpture, Prehistoric

This is a small sampling of subject headings in our catalog. As always, the OCC librarians are ready to help you find the best resources for your specific needs.

Squirrel Cage from Smithsonian's American Art Museum. https://www.si.edu/object/squirrel-cage:saam_1986.65.327A-C

You will find books on Sculpture in the stacks in the NB section. It is generally arranged by time period, then country or location, then movements or individual artists..

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias: NB 50 (some may be in the reference section)

History: NB 60-1114

• Ancient sculpture NB 69-169
• Medieval sculpture NB 170
• Modern sculpture NB 185-198.7

Individual artists are cataloged under their country or region in NB 237-1114

Sculpture in special materials NB1203-1270

Special subjects NB1910-1952

William Henry Rinehart, Sleeping Children, modeled 1859.Smithsonian American Art Museum