Plastic art

A sculptor creates a bronze statuary group on the theme: “Man’s confidence in his fellow-man”. We see the preliminary sketch, the wire skeleton on which the rough figures are built up as the sculptor observes living models, the measurements of the clay group being taken, and the casting of the life-size bronze replica.

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Credits

production company

ERPI Classroom Films

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Duration

00:10:43:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1939

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017576

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bronze sculpture

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, American

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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United States, 1939

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