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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments and Bibliography
- Commedia dell'Arte
- Making the Sculptures
- Materials and Equipment
- Order and Method
- The Figures
- Molière
- Arlequin
- Brighella
- Pantalone
- Le Médecin
- La Bien-Aimée
- L'Amant
- Columbine
- Le Capitaine
- Giangurgolo
- Scaramouche
- Pulcinella
- Polichinelle
- Crispin
- Tartaglia
- Pierrot
- Mezzetino
- Trivellino
- Louis XIV
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Title: COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE at the COURT of Louis XIV: a soft sculpture Representation
Author: Peter A. Bucknell
Publication Date: HC:1980
Publisher: Stainer & Bell Ltd., London
Page Count: 121
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11 1/4" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0852495757
PATTERN RATING:. Patterns are typically 50% reduced, but could be used for small figures as is. There is a great full page color photo of each figure right before instructions and the pattern are given. The patterns have minimal markings - the name of the part is on the piece and that's about it. For as much detail as went into styling the faces and clothes, I was mildly disappointed in the mitten hands - they didn't go with the rest of the elegant figures.
INSTRUCTION RATING:. The instructions aren't broken down at all, and there is no illustration to help out. What makes this worse - Mr. Bucknell doesn't come to this as a doller, so puzzling out how he means you to go about putting his wonderful creations together could have really used some visual help!
SUMMARY- This book left me awestruck. Yes, I know I only gave the patterns an average rating and the instructions a below average rating, but those are technical scores and don't count in the summary. I loved this book. I wish I'd found one with a dust jacket on it, because I love this book enough to buy it again just for that. The designer took the time to research the characters he created soft sculpture figures for and I feel caught the acting troupe' characters perfectly. They have a lot of lavish detail that is diminished only by the lack of fingered hands. While this book is nothing like the average how-to book, it scores heavily in originality and is worth the effort to get past its short-comings.
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