Montana a Symbolic Figure to be Placed at the Entrance of the North Montana State Fair Grounds at Great Falls Montana
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Date
1942-05
Authors
Conrad, Cyril Harry
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
Several clay sketches were made, studied, and set aside for future reference. Then a scale model of a portion of the fair grounds and the centrally located Mercantile Building was constructed. Reducing the preliminary with them in relation to their environment brought about many interesting problems. Early conceptions were based on the close association of the piece of sculpture with the Mercantile Building, which is a long horizontal building with a central tower. Therefore, all the early sketches were dominantly horizontal with a subordinate vertical.
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35 pages
Keywords
scale modeling, sculpture, art