Wax carving is like sculpture for jewellery and allows enormous creativity, as so many different forms can be made. This practical guide introduces the techniques to this age-old method through a series of guided exercises and projects, and demonstr...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the role of wax as an important conceptual material used to work out the nature and limits of the early modern human. By surveying the use of wax in early modern cultural spaces such as the stage and the artists studio and in lite...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the role of wax as an important conceptual material used to work out the nature and limits of the early modern human. By surveying the use of wax in early modern cultural spaces such as the stage and the artists studio and in lite...Lasīt vairāk
A “meticulously researched and deftly written biography” of the woman behind the famed wax museums, and their origins in the era of the French Revolution (Midwest Book Review). Madame Marie Tussaud is known worldwide for the chain...Lasīt vairāk
A ;meticulously researched and deftly written biography of the woman behind the famed wax museums, and their origins in the era of the French Revolution (Midwest Book Review). Madame Marie Tussaud is known worldwide for the chain of wax museums sh...Lasīt vairāk
Paraffin, Vermont, is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory. There, seventeen-year-old Poppy finds something dark and unsettling: a room filled with dozens of startlingly lifelike wax sculptures. Later, shes shocked when one of the figuresa teenage b...Lasīt vairāk
As heiress to the famous Laurent Fashion Dolls business, Marguerite Ashbys future seems secure. But France still seethes with violence in the wake of the Revolution. And when Marguerites husband Nicholas is killed during a riot at their shop, she l...Lasīt vairāk
Kate Berridges Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax "e;celebrates a great pioneer of mass-market illusion, whose illusions eventually included herself."e;*Millions have visited the museums that bear her name, yet few know much about Madame Tussaud....Lasīt vairāk
