Sculpture in stone / Camí, Santamera.

Includes bibliographical references.

In praise of stone --History --In the shelter of rock --The spread of Talismans --Written in stone --Granite empires --Your glance turned to stone --The cold embrace of marble --Culture and ritual --The marble polis --The Pórtico de la Gloria --The Gothic smile --Al'antica --But is it moving? --New openings --Sculpture over time --Stone --Tu est Peltrus --Every stone, a world --The life cycle of stone --Carving the earth's crust --Stones --Marble --Granite and other very hard stones --Stones from around the world --The workshop --The sculptor's studio --Material for the studio --Workshops --Tools for roughing out and measuring --Carving tools --Finishing tools --Industrial machinery --The project --The philosopher's stone? --Inspiration in gestures --Free forms --The outline --The Maquette --Monumental projects --Sculptors, practitioners, and patrons --Direct carving --Preliminary activities --Becoming familiar with the tools --The complexity of reliefs --The first steps --Mastering volumes --Roughing out --Modeling --Customized textures --Carving as a trade --Industry as a resource --The power of the block --Enlarging by templates --Enlarging by squares --Systems of reproduction --Using a pointing machine --The three-compass technique --Touches of color --Investigating other materials --Sculpture, architecture, and urban planning --Step by step --Direct carving --Carving by templates --Enlarging by squares --Copying by points --Enlarging by compasses --Large-scale sculptures, enlarging by templates --Large-scale sculptures, enlarging by squares.